Improve server browser UI and refresh server list on disconnect #3216
Conversation
Adds a new client setting which determines whether the server browser should be refreshed once the player disconnects from a server. This would remove the need for manually refreshing the server browser, which would probably contain very outdated information by the time the player disconnects.
Based on the problems addressed in teeworlds#3161 and the mockups provided in teeworlds#3203. Changes: - Turn server list header into a non-rounded rectangle and use full white transparency when selected - Shorten the width of the Ping column - Remove difficulty icon from browser entries - Add a small margin to gametype icons in browser entries - Make the sorted column more opaque so it's easier to see - Display the "% loaded" message in the middle of the status rect - Alter the colors of friends list entries to make them more vibrant - Make friends list entries more opaque (and nicer to look at) - Use different style headings for sidebar tabs - Add a parameter "Transparent" to DoButton_CheckBox which decides whether a check box's background should be transparent. This is used in the filter tab to remove the look of the weird corners and unfitting opacity on each of the checkboxes. - Use more opacity and rounding for the rects in info and filter tabs - Align text to the right in the "Server details" rect - Remove gametype and difficulty icons in the "Server details" rect - Use wideview style entries by default
|
Well I originally tried to implement #2833 (dim all old serverlist entries on refresh) multiple times, but I had a few problems and I just gave up in the end. Here is the unfinished diff if you would like to take a look: https://paste.rs/pVjfe As far as I can see #1026 isn't actually proposing anything new except for fixing the missing servers issue. |
|
Imo old servers should still be displayed while new ones are loading. So pressing refresh should not empty the list. And before that is implemented the list should not refresh automatically. |
|
Are you saying that it would be alright to just show the old list until
the new list fully loads?
|
Ideally it would partially mix. Replace the updated ones and after the full load remove the not loaded ones. |
|
Okay I'll try working on that later, thanks |
Improved some of the server browser's UI (based on #3161 and #3203) and implemented a setting in the client that refreshes the server list when the player disconnects from a server (#1782).
Full description of changes are in the commit messages.
Screenshots of changes
Info tab
Filters tab
Friends tab
Obviously a lot of it is not perfect so I would like some opinions on it.
Some of the problems I currently have are: