Layout config

The layout config determins the position of where each item is placed, mainly their order. The config file can be found in ~/.config/youtube-tui/pages.yml.

Example layout config

main_menu:
  layout:
  - type: NonCenteredRow
    items:
    - SearchBar
    - SearchFilters
  - type: CenteredRow
    items:
    - Popular
    - Trending
    - History
  - type: NonCenteredRow
    items:
    - ItemList
  - type: NonCenteredRow
    items:
    - MessageBar
  message: Loading main menu...
  command: key Esc 0 ;; key Up 0 ;; key Left 0 ;; key Enter 0 # this focuses on the search bar

# and much more ...

Items

Each item is an individual "thing", these things can be optionally selectable, or hoverable by the cursor.

Rows

A row is a horizontal row of items, it can be either centered (like the buttons) or non centered (which will align to the left).

Non centered rows are faster and less crash prone compared to centered rows.

Each item are ordered from left to right.

Message

The message to display when loading the page.

Command

Command to run when the page loads, you can use the key command to select an item on load.

Items reference