Adding tabs to TF3D?

[henbone11]

Ok, I need to ask another n00b question. From the information that I have found in different threads, the information is contradictory. Can you add tabs to TF3D without cooking a new ROM? I know in Diamond TF3D config utility you can uncheck tabs so that they dont show. I am wanting to add tabs though.

I looked through this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452958, but it changes too much. I dont want to change icons or styles. I just wanna add tabs.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

It's sad that this didn't get an answer.

Yes, you can add tabs, it's not very difficult. Generally, all that is involved is editing your 26948339_Manila file. Copy it from your device, open note pad, drag and drop the file into notepad to open it.

It's an xml file so it's structured. Scroll down a little to the line that says

<!-- 'page' extension == Manila pages -->

Listed below are all the tabs for TF3D! You should notice that the first thing it says is PageOrder="0"... that means that tab is the first one. By default, they should be in order, but it doesn't matter where you add the text for new tabs, just be sure that you do not have two tabs at number 2, for example.

I have added two tabs to my TF3D... Call history and Comm manager. Here is the code for each:

Call history (BY DEFAULT AFTER PEOPLE TAB! Remember to change the Page Order numbers if you want it somewhere else, and also remember to change the other page numbers afterwards). Additionally, you will need a file that is attached, 1d1ee632_manila. If you do not add that file, but paste this in your 26948339_manila file, TF3D will not start, and you will have to delete 269* to have the default one re-created.

      <Page Order="2" Name="callhistory.page" PackageName="HTC" Title="[[IDS_CALLLOGTITLE]]" ExternalScriptPath="HTC\Scripts\orangecalllogtransitions.luac">
        <ComponentReference Name="page" Mode9Path="HTC\CallLog.mode9" Component="GizmoRoot" SmartComponent="true" />
        <ComponentReference Name="icon_normal" Mode9Path="HTC\Icons.mode9" Component="People_CallHistory_Off" />
        <ComponentReference Name="icon_selected" Mode9Path="HTC\Icons.mode9" Component="People_CallHistory_On" />
        <ComponentReference Name="icon_preview" Mode9Path="HTC\Icons.mode9" Component="People_CallHistory_Preview" />
        <ComponentReference Name="icon_notification" Mode9Path="HTC\Icons.mode9" Component="Notification_People_CallHistory" />
      </Page>

Second, here is the code for a Comm Manager tab, which I have placed just before the settings tab. I only have 11 tabs (no sprint TV, though I will eventually be adding that back), so just like before, remember to change the page order number to suit where you would like it to be. The comm manager background will be black by default, to change the text to grey, you need to copy 1f3be060_manila that is attached here as well. Why grey instead of white? Because under settings, the Sounds menu has a white background... There is only one location where the text color for TF3D is stored, so grey works for both black and white backgrounds.

      <Page Order="9" Name="communications.page" PackageName="HTC" Title="[[IDS_COMMUNICATIONS]]" >
        <ComponentReference Name="page" Mode9Path="HTC\settings.mode9" Component="CommunicationsPageComponent" SmartComponent="true" />
        <ComponentReference Name="icon_normal" Mode9Path="HTC\icons.mode9" Component="Programs_Off" />
        <ComponentReference Name="icon_selected" Mode9Path="HTC\icons.mode9" Component="Programs_On" />
        <ComponentReference Name="icon_preview" Mode9Path="HTC\icons.mode9" Component="Programs_Preview" />
      </Page>

Last, if the title of your Comm manager tab is [[IDS_COMMUNICATIONS]], you either need to edit your 090661f7_manila and add:

      <trans-unit id="IDS_COMMUNICATIONS">
        <source>Comm Manager</source>
      </trans-unit>

, or change in the code above for the comm manager, where it says [[IDS_COMMUNICATIONS]] to say whatever you like. The reason it says what it says is because the 090661f7_manila file is a localization file, so anywhere it would say Comm Manager, or anything else can be changed by only editing a single line in a single file, instead of searching through tons of _manila files to correct a problem, or change the language. So I ask if you only edit the [[IDS_COMMUNICATIONS]] line that you do not share your modified file! Thanks

I'll also attach my 26948449_manila file, as well as all 4 in a single .zip archive.

[shaun0207]

Originally Posted by ShadowDrake

It's sad that this didn't get an answer.

Yes, you can add tabs, it's not very difficult. Generally, all that is involved is editing your 26948339_Manila file. Copy it from your device, open note pad, drag and drop the file into notepad to open it.

It's an xml file so it's structured. Scroll down a little to the line that says

<!-- 'page' extension == Manila pages -->

Listed below are all the tabs for TF3D! You should notice that the first thing it says is PageOrder="0"... that means that tab is the first one. By default, they should be in order, but it doesn't matter where you add the text for new tabs, just be sure that you do not have two tabs at number 2, for example.

I have added two tabs to my TF3D... Call history and Comm manager. Here is the code for each:

Call history (BY DEFAULT AFTER PEOPLE TAB! Remember to change the Page Order numbers if you want it somewhere else, and also remember to change the other page numbers afterwards). Additionally, you will need a file that is attached, 1d1ee632_manila. If you do not add that file, but paste this in your 26948339_manila file, TF3D will not start, and you will have to delete 269* to have the default one re-created.

      <Page Order="2" Name="callhistory.page" PackageName="HTC" Title="[[IDS_CALLLOGTITLE]]" ExternalScriptPath="HTC\Scripts\orangecalllogtransitions.luac">
        <ComponentReference Name="page" Mode9Path="HTC\CallLog.mode9" Component="GizmoRoot" SmartComponent="true" />
        <ComponentReference Name="icon_normal" Mode9Path="HTC\Icons.mode9" Component="People_CallHistory_Off" />
        <ComponentReference Name="icon_selected" Mode9Path="HTC\Icons.mode9" Component="People_CallHistory_On" />
        <ComponentReference Name="icon_preview" Mode9Path="HTC\Icons.mode9" Component="People_CallHistory_Preview" />
        <ComponentReference Name="icon_notification" Mode9Path="HTC\Icons.mode9" Component="Notification_People_CallHistory" />
      </Page>

Second, here is the code for a Comm Manager tab, which I have placed just before the settings tab. I only have 11 tabs (no sprint TV, though I will eventually be adding that back), so just like before, remember to change the page order number to suit where you would like it to be. The comm manager background will be black by default, to change the text to grey, you need to copy 1f3be060_manila that is attached here as well. Why grey instead of white? Because under settings, the Sounds menu has a white background... There is only one location where the text color for TF3D is stored, so grey works for both black and white backgrounds.

      <Page Order="9" Name="communications.page" PackageName="HTC" Title="[[IDS_COMMUNICATIONS]]" >
        <ComponentReference Name="page" Mode9Path="HTC\settings.mode9" Component="CommunicationsPageComponent" SmartComponent="true" />
        <ComponentReference Name="icon_normal" Mode9Path="HTC\icons.mode9" Component="Programs_Off" />
        <ComponentReference Name="icon_selected" Mode9Path="HTC\icons.mode9" Component="Programs_On" />
        <ComponentReference Name="icon_preview" Mode9Path="HTC\icons.mode9" Component="Programs_Preview" />
      </Page>

Last, if the title of your Comm manager tab is [[IDS_COMMUNICATIONS]], you either need to edit your 090661f7_manila and add:

      <trans-unit id="IDS_COMMUNICATIONS">
        <source>Comm Manager</source>
      </trans-unit>

, or change in the code above for the comm manager, where it says [[IDS_COMMUNICATIONS]] to say whatever you like. The reason it says what it says is because the 090661f7_manila file is a localization file, so anywhere it would say Comm Manager, or anything else can be changed by only editing a single line in a single file, instead of searching through tons of _manila files to correct a problem, or change the language. So I ask if you only edit the [[IDS_COMMUNICATIONS]] line that you do not share your modified file! Thanks

I'll also attach my 26948449_manila file, as well as all 4 in a single .zip archive.

Thanks. I'm gonna try this too. But I have a couple of questions:

1. How do you know when you need to add a file (like you said we need to do for the call history tab) to add a tab to TF3D?

2. Will you need to re-add the tabs after you change a Theme using TF3D Config? (currently using the Purple theme)

3. Can you post the code to add the Sprint TV tab back?


4. If I want to add a tab that says "MEDIA" and how have it look similar to the Internet tab with "Core Player" as my Icon and having links to other media player(like kinoma,WM player, etc..) underneath it, how would I do it? is it possible?

Originally Posted by shaun0207

Thanks. I'm gonna try this too. But I have a couple of questions:

1. How do you know when you need to add a file (like you said we need to do for the call history tab) to add a tab to TF3D?

2. Will you need to re-add the tabs after you change a Theme using TF3D Config? (currently using the Purple theme)

3. Can you post the code to add the Sprint TV tab back?


4. If I want to add a tab that says "MEDIA" and how have it look similar to the Internet tab with "Core Player" as my Icon and having links to other media player(like kinoma,WM player, etc..) underneath it, how would I do it? is it possible?

Don't mean to double post but I'm going to maintain two posts to answer each of your questions.

No way to totally know, except that for the "removed" tabs in TF3D, HTC cleaned up unnecessary files, in regards to the call history tab, it was the file I attached. The extra file is just one of the ones that HTC removed, ripped from an even older version of manila that had the call history tab.

Yes, you will very likely have to re-add the tabs when changing the theme. The primary reason I did not just cabify these modifications is that multiple modificaions often involve the same manila files. I have learned it is better to just provide the original information and allow everyone to do their own personal changes. Also, the theme programs are pretty notorious for just running over any other modification you may want to do, they all figure that's the only mod you will be doing.

I would re-add the sprint tab right now but I'm not on the stock Sprint ROM right now (on Dream's ROM), and all I would need is someone to provide me with an original sprint 26948339_manila and I can pull the proper lines out of it and post them here for reference.

[shaun0207]

Originally Posted by ShadowDrake

Don't mean to double post but I'm going to maintain two posts to answer each of your questions.

No way to totally know, except that for the "removed" tabs in TF3D, HTC cleaned up unnecessary files, in regards to the call history tab, it was the file I attached. The extra file is just one of the ones that HTC removed, ripped from an even older version of manila that had the call history tab.

Yes, you will very likely have to re-add the tabs when changing the theme. The primary reason I did not just cabify these modifications is that multiple modificaions often involve the same manila files. I have learned it is better to just provide the original information and allow everyone to do their own personal changes. Also, the theme programs are pretty notorious for just running over any other modification you may want to do, they all figure that's the only mod you will be doing.

I would re-add the sprint tab right now but I'm not on the stock Sprint ROM right now (on Dream's ROM), and all I would need is someone to provide me with an original sprint 26948339_manila and I can pull the proper lines out of it and post them here for reference.

I've found that since adding the animations cab to my TP it altered my TF3D and now no other cabs will work without screwing up my TF3D even more. I was using the call history cab from XDA before I added the animations cab and it worked fine.

I would like to add the Sprint TV tab back and have links on it similair in setup to the internet tab for Core Player, WM Player, Kinoma,& SPB Online and or have it like the Programs Tab and allow me to add my own programs

[shaun0207]

Originally Posted by shaun0207

I've found that since adding the animations cab to my TP it altered my TF3D and now no other cabs will work without screwing up my TF3D even more. I was using the call history cab from XDA before I added the animations cab and it worked fine.

I would like to add the Sprint TV tab back and have links on it similair in setup to the internet tab for Core Player, WM Player, Kinoma,& SPB Online and or have it like the Programs Tab and allow me to add my own programs

would anyone like to create a cab like this for us manila challenged people?

[henbone11]

Thank you so very much for answering my question, and answering in such detail. I really appreciate it. I am gonna give this a go. Will let you know how it turns out for me. Thanks again.

Originally Posted by henbone11

Thank you so very much for answering my question, and answering in such detail. I really appreciate it. I am gonna give this a go. Will let you know how it turns out for me. Thanks again.

If you run into any issues or would like me to modify your files, let me know. There's a calendar tab available too but it's really useless as it does not sync with POutlook, it just looks pretty and shows the current date.

[henbone11]

Would it be possible to have a sprint navigation tab? And a Games tab like the programs tab? It really isnt necessary, but then again, how much of this stuff is?

Originally Posted by henbone11

Would it be possible to have a sprint navigation tab? And a Games tab like the programs tab? It really isnt necessary, but then again, how much of this stuff is?

Hasn't really been discovered yet, though it would be awesome. Sprint obviously has enough information to add totally new tabs to TF3D, the other two (call history and comm manager) were already tabs in Manila, but were just not added.

The calendar tab actually IS someone's custom creation, so that is a project I'm watching closely... I can't wait to be able to add much more information into tabs.

So no, not possible, -yet-. It will come, I think