UI Columns

UI columns is an interesting way to display your playlist with a simple column mode and other optional components ( panels, toolbars etc..). with this component, you will be able to display various information and create your own visual style for foobar2000.

Use

Go to the Official page and download the last UI columns plugin.
Unzip the UI columns dll into the components directory.
Then you must choose UI colums as User Interface module You will have to restart foobar to make UI columns your User Interface module.
Now you have to import a .fcs file (unless you want to make our own). First, choose the file to import then: Click on import and get a .fcs file.
Organize your layout with your panels, toolbars

Configure

Main

Use Import and export to import a .fcs file, or save/share your .fcs file.

Use Show toolbars to show them by default Use transparency to make foobar transparent or opaque. 255 is opaque.

Layout

Now you can place anything anywhere !! You can place the album art at the bottom of your screen, on the right etc..

It's a bit messy, The best way to understand how it works is testing.

Right click on the first item in the layout window:

Splitters: will split your screen.. horizontally and vice versa.and select the item to add

Insert a new panel Choose the panel to add.

Item details

Show caption: will show a line to say which component or splitter it is. Useful to organize your layout at the beginning.
Hidden: Hide the corresponding panel
Auto hide:Auto hide non used panel, to display it, just let your mouse on the corresponding zone. (Several options available to set delays)
Locked: If checked, even with a reduced window, the size of the panel won't change.
Create toggle left area: clicking on the left of the component will hide it, clicking on the left of the zone where it should appear will reactivate it.
Use custom title: Choose your caption title

Status bar systray

Tray

Always show tray icon: Will display the foobar icon in the system tray (near the clock)
Minimize to tray: When foobar is not on top, it will hide the taskbar and make foobar available from the tray.
Use custom icon:
Show pop up notification ballons: will show a popoup at each song etc..
Show now playing sub-menu in tray icon context menu

Status bar

It's the bar at the bottom of your screen.

Show status bar
Show volume: Indicates the volume in dB
Show playlist lock status
Show selected tracks total length: It's useful to see the total time of several albums, before burning them on an audio CD

July 14 2008 15:32:16.