Remove column on the left

[Bce]

Hi,

Is there anyway to remove the column on the left when using the
desktop player?

I have messed around with the php and css files but I can only seem to
stop data from being shown there and am not able to completely remove
the container.

The reason I would like to do this is because when I browse my library
I either search for a specific song or use shuffle, the column with
artists and albums is completely useless to me and takes up a lot of
the screen seeing as it wont re size with screen width.

So has anyone found a way to remove it, or is there a way?

Thanks

[Rich]

There's no easy way to do it right now as it's part of a larger ui
size calculation. I might see if I can make turning the sidebar off
part of the configuration.
-Rich

[Bce]

Hi Rich,

I appreciate that you will try and make it part of the settings but is
there a "dirty" way to do it?

By deleting certain items in a stylesheet or a php file?

I won't mind if I lose some functionality, all I need is the player
itself and the media library.

Thanks alot

[Rich]

It's mostly a css change, but it will still render the left column
unless you remove that component as well. The quickest way to go it
would be to go to the css/player/desktop/stylesheet.css

.columnleft {
--- position: relative;
--- display: block;
float: left;
--- height: auto;
--- width: 365px;
--- z-index: 1;
}

.browsecontainer {
--- position: relative;
--- width: 365px;
--- height: auto;
--- background-color: #CCC;
}

.songlistcontainer {
position: relative;
height: auto;
--- margin-left: 365px;
overflow-x: hidden;
overflow-y: scroll;
}

where "---" is a line to remove/comment

if you want to stop the left bar from loading, go to the apps/client/
modules/player_desktop/templates/indexSuccess.php and comment these
lines

/*
<div class="columnleft" id="columnleft">
<div class="browsecontainer">
<?php include_partial( 'genre_browse',
array( 'title'=>'Genres', 'element_id' => 'browsegenre', 'list' =>
$genre_list ) ) ?>
<?php include_partial( 'library_browse',
array( 'title'=>'Artists', 'element_id' => 'browseartist',
'list_template' => 'list_artists', 'list' => $artist_list ) ) ?>
<?php include_partial( 'library_browse',
array( 'title'=>'Albums', 'element_id'=>'browsealbum', 'list_template'
=> 'list_albums', 'list' => $album_list ) ) ?>
</div>
</div>
<div class="columnright" id="columnright">
<div class="songlistcontainer" id="songlistcontainer">
<?php include_partial( 'list_songs' ); ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
*/

Once you do this, type

./symfony cc

to clear the css and html cache.

hope that helps in the mid term,

-Rich

[Bce]

PERFECT!

Editing stylesheet.css managed to do it, the second option to
completely stop it from loading didn't work, but I'm happy with it not
showing.

Thanks alot Rich!

[Rich]

Good to hear. I'll try and add that to the configs a little later on.

-Rich