Adding a shuffle feature

[ayabusa]

Why adding a shuffle feature ?

The first time I installed Lively I wanted to automatically switch to new random wallpaper after some time, but I could not. So I decided to add this feature myself as I feel it's a crucial one. For the user it adds a new button which open a little menu where he can choose to enable/disable the feature and change the delay (see screenshot). After that, the user can do something else on his computer and the wallpaper will automatically change after some time, which I find really convenient :)

From a technical aspect.

The core of the shuffle loop is located in the TimerService.cs file, the loop is created at the begining, if the setting DoRandomWallpaper is set to true and using the TimeToChangeWallpaper setting as the intervall. Once Lively is launched the loop can be enabled/disabled/modified using the UI (ShuffleView and ShuffleViewModel).

That's it, I hope you will accept this feature as I feel it is a crucial element for such a program :)

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[rocksdanister]

Good work!

Normally for pull requests it is recommended to start an issue/discussion to plan how to implement; I'll keep this one open..
Will take a look when I am free.. currently busy making a weather app ^_^

[ayabusa]

Thanks for your reply,
And sorry for not having started an issue/discussion, I will know for next time !
I’m available if you need anything that would help the implementation of this feature :D

[0xDeadcell]

Any update on getting this merged? I'd love to see this feature.

[rocksdanister]

Wallpaper stealing focus on start was one of the reason playlist never got implemented, now that it is fixed can look into adding this feature next update.

For the time being you can write scripts to implement playlist:
https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/wiki/Command-Line-Controls#python