It creates a small moveable panel with a single button on it. Click the button twice and it will automatically reload your skin without having to navigate yourself to preferences then click confirm. A time saver to see your changes but also a life saver if you're working on a skin and mess things up, leaving you with no side menu.
How to use:
1. Find the global panels.xml file of the skin you wish to use the tool with and open it with a text editor (Notepad or Notepad++).
2. Scroll to the very bottom of the file and find </panel> right at the end of the file.
3. Copy the code below and paste it JUST ABOVE </panel>.
4. Make sure in FM preferences you have 'Always reload skin on confirm' ticked and 'Use skin cache' un-ticked.
<!-- RADESTOCK'S SKINNER PANEL -->
<container class="titled_box" title="Skinner Panel V1.1" width="160" height="50" appearance="boxes/hints" colour="black" size="8" alignment="centre">
<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="bottom, right" inset="100"/>
<attachment class="moveable_attachment"/>
<widget class="action_button" text="Reload Skin" auto_size="vertical" appearance="button/button" width="148">
<attachment class="test_global_attachment" get_property="scid" value="23" mode="0" set_property="hidn" skip_if_null="false" skip_if_resetting="false" priority="1"/>
<event id="click_event" event_id="sPRF" event_target="scrn"/>
<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="bottom" inset="5"/>
<layout class="centre_in_parent_attachment" alignment="horizontal" offset="0"/>
</widget>
<widget class="action_button" text="Confirm" auto_size="vertical" appearance="button/button" width="148">
<attachment class="test_global_attachment" get_property="scid" value="23" mode="1" set_property="hidn" skip_if_null="false" skip_if_resetting="false" priority="1"/>
<event id="click_event" event_id="conf" event_target="scrn"/>
<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="bottom" inset="5"/>
<layout class="centre_in_parent_attachment" alignment="horizontal" offset="0"/>
</widget>
</container>
<!-- END OF SKINNER PANEL -->
Hope people find both of these things useful and they help create some great skins.
Credits:
Thanks to radestock from the official SI forums for making this amazing skinning panel possible.
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