Multiple Wheels per View in Big Box

📋Summary

Introduce support for displaying multiple wheels simultaneously within a single Big Box view. This would enable the creation of more dynamic, visually layered, and modern user interfaces—enhancing both usability and design flexibility for theme creators.


❗Problem

Currently, Big Box supports only one wheel per view, limiting what can be achieved in terms of UI layout and animation. This restricts creators to linear, single-axis scrolling designs and conventional transitions. More advanced effects—like parallax scrolling, layered wheels, or nested collections—are impossible without complex workarounds.


💡Proposal

  • Allow the use of multiple independent wheels in a single XAML view

  • Support a parent-child hierarchy for wheels (e.g., Platform wheel as parent, Game wheel as child)

  • Enable per-wheel customization for scale, speed, opacity, alignment, and display logic

  • Allow wheels to bind to different data types (e.g., one for platforms, another for recent games, another for favorites)

  • Ensure compatibility with existing animation logic and transitions

This would give theme developers the flexibility to build experiences with visual depth, animated layers, or context-aware navigation structures.


✅Benefits

  • Enables parallax effects and layered UI design for a modern, immersive look

  • Opens up new customization options for theme creators

  • Could improve navigation by separating functional areas (e.g., genre wheel + game wheel)

  • Makes Big Box feel more dynamic, modular, and user-personalized

  • Offers smoother alternatives to rigid keyframe animations 🧩🎨🖥️

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Status

Open To Community

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LaunchBox for Windows

Date

About 1 year ago

Author

le.viking

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