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[Q] Need help restricting text length, Margins in Rich Text aren't working

Firstly, I *love* ZWP and have been using it religiously.
With my new Nexus 5, however, I decided to make a new widget to match the current phone instead of my previous setup. I like having my next 3-4 calendar appointments shown in a list with dates and times and the heading, in the #C0SEEE dd - HH:mm# #C0TITLE# format. Some appointments though have longer titles and interfere with other items I have entered into the widget.
I tried using the new Rich Text feature and setting margins to various lengths and setting lines to 1, but a long appointment title still bleeds over into the next portion of my layout.
What am I missing?

Zanthany said:
Firstly, I *love* ZWP and have been using it religiously.
With my new Nexus 5, however, I decided to make a new widget to match the current phone instead of my previous setup. I like having my next 3-4 calendar appointments shown in a list with dates and times and the heading, in the #C0SEEE dd - HH:mm# #C0TITLE# format. Some appointments though have longer titles and interfere with other items I have entered into the widget.
I tried using the new Rich Text feature and setting margins to various lengths and setting lines to 1, but a long appointment title still bleeds over into the next portion of my layout.
What am I missing?
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You should consider using the [tr]-tags to limit your field to a certain amount of characters. Usage example in your case would be
Code:
#C0SEEE dd - HH:mm# [tr=30]#C0TITLE#[/tr]
This would limit the output of the title to 30 characters and put three dots at the end to indicate the string is longer than what is displayed. You'll have to play around a bit to find the right limit for your particular setup though.
For future references, you can find all the available tags for Rich Text Modules here.
Hope this helps you out

[Q] 1) Last (passed) Calendar Event 2) Widget Scroll

Hi all,
I've 2 questions about this fantastic App!:
1) Last (passed) Calendar Event
I've created a widget to display Calendar Events; it works ok but I've a request:
Is it possible to show last passed Event?
E.G. I set one event today from 8:00am to 9:00am
I see this event since 9:00am but after this time I don't see this event
Could Zooper show also this passed event?
If Z.W. couldn't I think this is a interesting thing to implement...
2) Widget (or element) Scroll
I read that Z.W. can't scroll ... but: is t possible to scroll text in RichText field?
This is the case:
In my calendar widget I use 1 RichText for every days to show the events in the day.
I've reserved 3 rows for every day (I "print" 1 event on every row) but if in a day I've more than 3 events I see only the first 3 events and I don't see 4th, 5th etc. events.
If RichText could scroll I will solve this problem
... If anyone know other alternative solution...

HyperAbarth said:
Hi all,
I've 2 questions about this fantastic App!:
1) Last (passed) Calendar Event
I've created a widget to display Calendar Events; it works ok but I've a request:
Is it possible to show last passed Event?
E.G. I set one event today from 8:00am to 9:00am
I see this event since 9:00am but after this time I don't see this event
Could Zooper show also this passed event?
If Z.W. couldn't I think this is a interesting thing to implement...
2) Widget (or element) Scroll
I read that Z.W. can't scroll ... but: is t possible to scroll text in RichText field?
This is the case:
In my calendar widget I use 1 RichText for every days to show the events in the day.
I've reserved 3 rows for every day (I "print" 1 event on every row) but if in a day I've more than 3 events I see only the first 3 events and I don't see 4th, 5th etc. events.
If RichText could scroll I will solve this problem
... If anyone know other alternative solution...
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1) No, Zooper doesn't currently support access to past events. If you want to request it as a feature I would advise you to use the official channel here: http://zooper.themerapp.com/support/discussions/forums/268861
2) There is a trick to "scroll" things in Zooper by using an offset calculated from the current seconds/minutes but it's rather choppy and a huge battery hog. So it's do-able but not simple and - from my perspective - not really advisable.

Thanks a lot for your reply!
But about "scroll" you spoke about offset related to Time; do you have one example?
In your opinion is it possible "scroll" by clicking on a Button (image) on the widget?

Thanks a lot for your reply!
But about "scroll" you spoke about offset related to Time; do you have one example?
In your opinion is it possible "scroll" by clicking on a Button (image) on the widget?

HyperAbarth said:
Thanks a lot for your reply!
But about "scroll" you spoke about offset related to Time; do you have one example?
In your opinion is it possible "scroll" by clicking on a Button (image) on the widget?
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I never used the trick myself so I don't have an example at hand but I'll look if I can find one for you.
As to your second question: maybe. You would have to use an external tool like Tasker and while you could use an extension of the timing trick to do a "scrolling animation" I think it would be more advisable to just switch between different module functions. For instance you could toggle your three lines of events between showing events 1-3 and 4-6. If you don't have Tasker I could give you a link to an app I once exported from it. With that you get a toggle action and variable to realize what I just described.

kwerdenker said:
I never used the trick myself so I don't have an example at hand but I'll look if I can find one for you.
As to your second question: maybe. You would have to use an external tool like Tasker and while you could use an extension of the timing trick to do a "scrolling animation" I think it would be more advisable to just switch between different module functions. For instance you could toggle your three lines of events between showing events 1-3 and 4-6. If you don't have Tasker I could give you a link to an app I once exported from it. With that you get a toggle action and variable to realize what I just described.
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Thaks, you reaaly help me!
Regards.

kwerdenker said:
I never used the trick myself so I don't have an example at hand but I'll look if I can find one for you.
As to your second question: maybe. You would have to use an external tool like Tasker and while you could use an extension of the timing trick to do a "scrolling animation" I think it would be more advisable to just switch between different module functions. For instance you could toggle your three lines of events between showing events 1-3 and 4-6. If you don't have Tasker I could give you a link to an app I once exported from it. With that you get a toggle action and variable to realize what I just described.
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Thanks a lot!
I've Tasker but if you can give me the link of the app you've exported I can see it and try to understand

HyperAbarth said:
Thanks a lot!
I've Tasker but if you can give me the link of the app you've exported I can see it and try to understand
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Since you have Tasker, I've exported my task as an XML. You can get it here https://www.dropbox.com/s/bziwrbw4azm04t3/Toggle.tsk.xml to import it on your device.
To use it you have to modify your current event modules in the following way
(You'll obviously have to substitute whatever you use to display your events, this is just meant to show the usage of the variable)
Code:
$#TVIEW#=0?#C0TITLE#:#C3TITLE#$
Then to toggle between them set the Task as a Tasker shortcut via the module or widget OnTap option in Zooper. Now you can switch between different display states with a tap on the widget.
Hope this is clear enough for you to understand. If not, just ask

Error, duplicated post. Sorry

I didn't have time to see your XML file I will download it ASAP; but:
How can I manage dates with Zooper?
Example; can I add Days to a date?
For example if today is the 30th Jan. 2014 can I add for example 3 and obtain 2nd feb. 2014?
I didn't find a way to do this in Zooper
Thanks in Advance.
I try to explain you the reason of this question:
I've for example 3 fields on the widget with 3 dates (today, Tomorrow and Day after Tomorrow)
I want to do this:
If I Tap on a field (e.g. "+") the control pass to Tasker and Tasker add a Day to 3 dates... the result is that the 3 fields with date will change the value
E. G.
1st field 15th gen 2014
2nd field 16th gen 2014
3rd field 17th gen 2014
If I tap on field "+" Tasker change the value of the variables and on the widget I will see:
1st field 16th gen 2014
2nd field 17th gen 2014
3rd field 18th gen 2014
... in this way I will create a scrollable calendar widget ... I didn't try to do this; I hope I will able to do this but my problem is that I explained on my question in the top of this post.
I Hope you understand my english
EDIT:
I find in Zooper how to manage "free date"; e.g. 4st of february 2014 at 01:00 is:
#D201402041000#
Then if I want display this date I can create a text like this:
#D201402041000 c dd-MM-yyyy#
and this is the result:
tue 04-02-2014
Now... With Tasker I can create a variable with this Value:
201402041000
E.G. Var1 = 201402041000
If in Zooper I set a Text with: #TVar1# I see:
201402041000
But if I set a text with: #D#TVar1# c dd-MM-yyyy# I see:
#D#TVar1# c dd-MM-yyyy#
Where is my mistake?
Is it possible in Zooper use a Variable like Date?

I've found my mistake; if I write:
#D$#TVar1#$ c dd-MM-yyyy#
It Work

I've found my mistake; if I write:
#D$#TVar1#$ c dd-MM-yyyy#
It Work

[Q] Weather Condition Text on Multiple Lines?

Hi
Is there any way to get the weather conditions to split each word onto multiple lines?
eg. "Partly Cloudy" to display as
Partly
Cloudy
I'm trying to get the text to display on a specific image that is in my background bitmap.
Any help is much appreciated.

Are you using Rich Text or regular?
Rich text give you the option. One of the guru's here might have a different idea.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

I'm trying to use regular text, as I'm setting a rotation, which I don't think Rich Text can handle.

I've tried a few different things to get the text to split across multiple lines without any success, so thought I'd see how to do it using the rich text.
It's got me completely befuddled.
Could someone point me in the right direction as to how I might achieve the text split?
Also, I've seen a number of widgets with custom icons in them. How do you embed icons from an icon pack in a widget; if at all possible. I may be mistaking the widget creation for something to do with a theme creation.
Any help is appreciated.

CPAPerseus said:
Could someone point me in the right direction as to how I might achieve the text split?
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If you are cannot use rich text that limits you severely, and I'm not sure it is possible with Zooper alone. You can use tasker to do this, however. this will require some research on your part, but you can do an HTTP Get action in tasker to retrieve the weather condition for your location, and then perform a variable split to produce two variables, one for the first word of the weather condition, and a second variable for the second word. You would then send these to Zooper using the #T...# format.
So it is possible if you cannot use Rich Text objects in Zooper, it just requires more work on that back end.

For me I can only get Rich Text to wrap onto multiple lines if it is near the edge of the screen.

Use rich text. Set two lines and keep on increasing x-margin till it shows as two lines. For example to get two lines to show on my widget my margin number is 520. Text on different areas of the screen requires different x-margin.

[Q] Zooper Word Clock

I know there are separate apps for Word Clocks, but is there a #code# for word clocks or is this feature not yet implanted?

Do you have an example of what you want to see?

Nietx said:
I know there are separate apps for Word Clocks, but is there a #code# for word clocks or is this feature not yet implanted?
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U don't need any special codes to make world clock.
As u know HH:mm (24h) or hh:mm (12h) in a text (or rich ) module shows the current time. Generally its for widget default location.
But, you can change the location with using "Override Widget Locality" option in each text module.
With this option u can show multiple times for different time zones in one widget.

Ciao
and what better

I know this info is a bit too late but here's the code you might be looking for:
[nt]#Dh#[/nt] [nt]#Dmm#[/nt]

[Q] tasker bbcode color/size variables not updating

hello, i am relatively new to zooper, but I'm pretty good with tasker.
I'm creating a basic notification widget, and i have it sending and updating the notification numbers just fine, but I am lazy and i don't wan't to have to copypasta the color codes/font sizes 12 times whenever i change my mind (frequently).
I have a tasker widget called" Zooper Widget Vars" pushing these commands (via the Zooper Widget Pro Variable plugin) (brackets are obviously not in the code)
configuration #TZFLG# = 50 (large size for icons)
configuration #TZFSM# = 10 (small size for numbers)
configuration #TZFLGC# = #ffffffff (color for icons)
configuration #TZFSMC# = #ff66d5da (color for numbers)
And i just press play whenever i want to send the variables to Zooper.
in zooper, in a rich text module, I have:
[s=#TZFSM#][c=#TZFSMC#]#TWHATSAPPCT#[/c][/s]
and in another Rich text module I have:
[s=#TZFLG#][c=#TZFLGC#]f[/c][/s]
#TZFSM#,#TZFLG#,#TZLGC# and #TZFSMC#
#TWHATSAPPCT# updates just fine. Problem is, #TZFSM# and #TZFSMC# do not update the widget until #TWHATSAPPCT# changes. #TZFLG# and #TZLGC# do not change at all unless I manually change the letter icon and change it back, which is, quite frankly, a pain in the ass.
I have tried just sticking #TZFSM#,#TZFLG#,#TZLGC# and #TZFSMC# in an RT module without the BBcode around them, and their values do print out, so I know that Zooper is actually receiving them, but its just ignoring them when they are enclosed in BBtags.
In layman's terms, the widget will not redraw with the new color and size parameters unless the content that the bbcode is modifying changes. Ive spent about 2 hours youtubing and googleing and wiki-ing, and I've decided I'm a noob and should just ask for help.
thank you so much in advance for any assistance.
(Nexus 5 with the lollipop dev preview installed)
P.S. though I think that ZW Utilities is a lovely little tool, it does not solve the lack of size updates, so please do not direct me there.

digitalgraffiti said:
hello, i am relatively new to zooper, but I'm pretty good with tasker.
I'm creating a basic notification widget, and i have it sending and updating the notification numbers just fine, but I am lazy and i don't wan't to have to copypasta the color codes/font sizes 12 times whenever i change my mind (frequently).
I have a tasker widget called" Zooper Widget Vars" pushing these commands (via the Zooper Widget Pro Variable plugin) (brackets are obviously not in the code)
configuration #TZFLG# = 50 (large size for icons)
configuration #TZFSM# = 10 (small size for numbers)
configuration #TZFLGC# = #ffffffff (color for icons)
configuration #TZFSMC# = #ff66d5da (color for numbers)
And i just press play whenever i want to send the variables to Zooper.
in zooper, in a rich text module, I have:
[s=#TZFSM#][c=#TZFSMC#]#TWHATSAPPCT#[/c][/s]
and in another Rich text module I have:
[s=#TZFLG#][c=#TZFLGC#]f[/c][/s]
#TZFSM#,#TZFLG#,#TZLGC# and #TZFSMC#
#TWHATSAPPCT# updates just fine. Problem is, #TZFSM# and #TZFSMC# do not update the widget until #TWHATSAPPCT# changes. #TZFLG# and #TZLGC# do not change at all unless I manually change the letter icon and change it back, which is, quite frankly, a pain in the ass.
I have tried just sticking #TZFSM#,#TZFLG#,#TZLGC# and #TZFSMC# in an RT module without the BBcode around them, and their values do print out, so I know that Zooper is actually receiving them, but its just ignoring them when they are enclosed in BBtags.
In layman's terms, the widget will not redraw with the new color and size parameters unless the content that the bbcode is modifying changes. Ive spent about 2 hours youtubing and googleing and wiki-ing, and I've decided I'm a noob and should just ask for help.
thank you so much in advance for any assistance.
(Nexus 5 with the lollipop dev preview installed)
P.S. though I think that ZW Utilities is a lovely little tool, it does not solve the lack of size updates, so please do not direct me there.
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Instead of entering the bbcode in the text field with the text did you try separating it out and entering it in the advanced parameters field.

jr67 said:
Instead of entering the bbcode in the text field with the text did you try separating it out and entering it in the advanced parameters field.
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in the end i figured it out with putting all of the styling in the advanced params space and the content in the text area
thanks for your help!