Shoutbox

These are some suggestions for the Options Panel and the About window of skins.

We should be able to:

+ put a minimize button to the options panel and the about window
+ decide the title of the windows
+ use the entire window and not only a part of it (e.g. we set width to 400 but finally it 410 pixels due to the fact that it is like a box in the panel)
+ put the buttons next to the OK or Cancel button so as to have things tidy
+ have tabs in order to save space and keep things more organized
+ put more than one link in a button and not only the AboutUrl

All these are supported by scripts and I think the reason is because skins use a ChildTemplate while scripts use a DialogTemplate.

Anyone who has more suggestions, please post them and I will add them here.

An example of a script that uses these features is Messenger Plus! Live Enhancer.

I belive skins use the same engine as the scripting windows, you just need to create them. The basic settings have been provided by Patchou for those not willing to go through all the effort .

Scripts use a different method for their windows and Patchou has already agreed to that. He said he gave skins the other method to make things easier but that method restricts us from using the features I mentioned above.
Here is a screenshot that explains what I mean:

I swear you can use the scripting method, you just need to tweak a few settings. I may be wrong though, I throught I read it in the skinning docs somewhere .

It has been discussed again with Patchou and we were told that the ChildTemplate is easier to use and so Patchou gave us this method. At least, we should be able to use both methods. We could select the type of the window (Child or Dialog)