Add "Rate Wallpaper" functionality somewhere

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I only recently started playing with the Wallpaper functionality and it is interesting that you can pull wallpapers from WallpaperFusion and then have it rotate randomly based on RATINGS, TAGS, etc but there is a problem. Nowhere in DisplayFusion is there an option to RATE an image and by that I mean some "right click" implementation where you can submit a rating from your desktop.

Worse-case scenario is require someone to "right click" the DP system icon and then have a menu selection to submit a rating for the current wallpaper being displayed. This way you could rate a wallpaper that might have been rated a 5 with a 1 and then NEVER have it displayed again, because currently it seems I have to go to the website to submit any rating so this should be integrated properly.

This would distinguish WallpaperFusion from some of the other selections, since it would allow a user to easily create their own ratings without having to go all over the place.

Feb 14, 2013 • #1

I like this idea a lot, we'll definitely look into it some more and I'll post an update when we have more news.

Thanks!

Feb 15, 2013 • #2

Um, it has been a year now and I actually convinced some others to purchase your program based on my recommendations, since I see regular updates and enhanced functionality but I would have thought this would be an easy one. Can you please add ratings? Because I keep getting some ugly or questionable wallpapers showing up on my WORK desktop, so like I said it could be something as simple as a RIGHT CLICK.

Right Click on the DF icon or the desktop and simply submit a rating PLUS maybe an option to NEVER show again. Still, it is cool that you can add so many wallpapers from Wallpaper Fusion based on filters and other what-nots, but you need an easier way for us to submit ratings without having to log onto your website.

:evil:

Mar 25, 2014 • #3

This is definitely still planned. The back-end code for it is easy enough, we're just trying to nail down how we want to implement it in the UI. We'll definitely post an update as soon as it's available.

And thank you as well for referring DisplayFusion to others, that's great to hear!

Thanks!

Mar 28, 2014 (modified Mar 28, 2014) • #4

The latest DisplayFusion 7.0 Betas (http://www.displayfusion.com/Download/Beta/) now include the ability to login to WallpaperFusion in the wallpaper settings, and configure options like only showing your favourites, or images you've rated 5 stars, etc. After doing that, you can also rate images by right-clicking the desktop and navigating to DisplayFusion > Rate Wallpaper Image.

Thanks!

Dec 12, 2014 • #5

Ahh, so these two new options in the desktop context menu are your fault

Just to be a pain, please could DF not reinstate the SubCommands key when I remove these two options from it?

Only because I'm a clumsy prat and keep clicking the 'rate wallpaper' because I'm not used to it being there. So, I found and removed the "rate" and "show in explorer" commands from the SubCommands key, only to have them reappear after restarting my PC.

I don't need a settings option to remove them, it's not worth your effort when it takes me ten seconds in regedit, but I don't think that rewriting that key is in any way necessary once DF has been installed.

To be clear, it's this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DesktopBackground\Shell\DisplayFusion\SubCommands

Dec 12, 2014 (modified Dec 12, 2014) • #6

Haha, yeah, that was us

DisplayFusion needs to re-apply it on startup to make sure the settings are consistent with what's enabled in the Settings window.

However, for your purposes, you can just do this:

Rename the ...DesktopBackground\Shell\DisplayFusion key to "DisplayFusion2"
Disable the "Show in Desktop Context Menu" option in DisplayFusion and apply the settings
Make your edits to the SubCommands value

After doing that, DisplayFusion won't try to recreate those values, and it won't remove them either, since they're in a different reg key.

Hope that helps!

Dec 16, 2014 • #7

Good thinking - that should work nicely. I've just installed v7 so I'll do it now.

Cheers!

Dec 16, 2014 • #8

LOVE IT!!!

Thanks and now you should see more "ratings" hitting WallpaperFusion, so we can finally get rid of some of these "ugly" wallpapers...

:evil:

Jan 14, 2015 • #9

Hi,

Having always used a predefined set of local images as my wallpapers; I'm really loving the diversity of Wallpaper Fusion. What a brilliant system, well done Binary Fortress

I've been playing around a lot recently with tags to filter out images that I don't want to appear BUT at the same time; this obviously blocks whole groups of images; some of which I may actually like.

So, I've decided to rate on an image-by-image basis.

I can see the request & development of the very handy "Rate This Wallpaper" context menu option within this thread.

I'm just wondering if there's any quicker way to rate a wallpaper (or at least bring up the rating UI with one click / key combination)? Can this be achieved using a DF function, a DF command line flag etc?

Thanks in advance
Al.

Jun 10, 2016 • #10

I did a fair amount of researching before posting the above... but I hadn't searched the registry!

I performed a search for the text in the context menu "Rate this wallpaper image" and I found a key with this string:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\DisplayFusion\DisplayFusionSettings.exe" -Mode wallpaperrate

Running it loads the rating UI

I intend to write a simple function (with Toolbar button & key-stroke combination) that will load the rating UI and will then load the next image thereafter. That way - I should be able to get a whole load of rating done

)

A way to quickly rate using a range of stars (instead of the full UI) would be great but I understand why the full UI is beneficial.

Al.

Jun 10, 2016 • #11

Glad to hear you found it, sounds like a very creative solution!

Jun 10, 2016 • #12

I know its very basic but I wrote a quick batch to:

Minimise all desktop windows (using a NirSoft command) so the full wallpaper can be viewed
Pause the wallpaper (just in case it's about to change as I go to rate it)
Bring-up the rating UI
Load the next wallpaper after the rating UI has closed

Here's the batch script. I added a custom function with toolbar button and keystroke assignment for this within Display Fusion.

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@echo off
title Wallrate
CD D:\My Software\My Batch Scripts\Batch\NirCmd\
D:
nircmd sendkeypress lwin+D

CD "C:\Program Files (x86)\DisplayFusion\"
C:
DisplayFusionCommand.exe -wallpaperpause
DisplayFusionSettings.exe -Mode wallpaperrate
DisplayFusionCommand.exe -wallpapernextimage
exit

Jun 10, 2016 (modified Jun 10, 2016) • #13