Starter improvements

- scenery Description
- scenery mini
- extracted translations outside
- autoselect first consist on scenery selection
- autoexpand on group click

StarterNG/Views/Depot.axaml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
              xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
              xmlns:starterNg="clr-namespace:StarterNG"
              xmlns:views="clr-namespace:StarterNG.Views"
+             x:CompileBindings="True"
              mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="1000" d:DesignHeight="700"
              x:Class="StarterNG.Views.Depot">
     <Grid Margin="16" ColumnSpacing="16" RowSpacing="16">

StarterNG/Views/Scenarios.axaml

@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-<UserControl xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
+<UserControl xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
              xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
              xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
              xmlns:sukiUi="clr-namespace:SukiUI.Controls;assembly=SukiUI"
              xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
              xmlns:starterNg="clr-namespace:StarterNG"
              mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="800" d:DesignHeight="450"
-             x:Class="StarterNG.Views.Scenarios">
+             x:Class="StarterNG.Views.Scenarios"
+             x:CompileBindings="True">
     <Grid Margin="16" ColumnSpacing="16" RowSpacing="16">
         <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
             <ColumnDefinition Width="300" />
             <ColumnDefinition />
+            <ColumnDefinition Width="280" />
         </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
         <Grid.RowDefinitions>
             <RowDefinition />
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@
         </Grid.RowDefinitions>
         <sukiUi:GroupBox Grid.RowSpan="2" Header="{Binding [Sceneries], Source={x:Static starterNg:App.Loc}}">
             <TreeView Name="sceneryList" SelectionChanged="SceneryList_OnSelectionChanged">
-                
+
             </TreeView>
         </sukiUi:GroupBox>
         <sukiUi:GroupBox Grid.Column="1" Header="{Binding [Vehicles], Source={x:Static starterNg:App.Loc}}">
@@ -34,7 +36,20 @@
 
         </sukiUi:GroupBox>
 
-        <sukiUi:GroupBox Header="{Binding [Consist], Source={x:Static starterNg:App.Loc}}" Grid.Row="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="2">
+        <!-- Scenery image (//$i) shown as a 1:1 square thumbnail -->
+        <Border Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="0" ClipToBounds="True" VerticalAlignment="Top"
+                 Height="{Binding $self.Bounds.Width}">
+            <Image Name="sceneryImage" Stretch="Uniform" />
+        </Border>
+        <!-- Scenery description (//$d), distinct from the scenario/consist description -->
+        <sukiUi:GroupBox Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="1" Header="{Binding [SceneryDescription], Source={x:Static starterNg:App.Loc}}">
+            <ScrollViewer VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
+                <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Name="sceneryDescription">
+                </TextBlock>
+            </ScrollViewer>
+        </sukiUi:GroupBox>
+
+        <sukiUi:GroupBox Header="{Binding [Consist], Source={x:Static starterNg:App.Loc}}" Grid.Row="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="3">
             <ScrollViewer VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
                           HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto"
                           VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled">
@@ -44,10 +59,10 @@
         </sukiUi:GroupBox>
 
         <Button Grid.Column="0" Height="36" Classes="Flat"
-                VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Grid.Row="3" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
+                VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Grid.Row="3" Grid.ColumnSpan="3"
                 Click="StartButton_OnClick"
                 Content="{Binding [Start], Source={x:Static starterNg:App.Loc}}">
 
         </Button>
     </Grid>
-</UserControl>
+</UserControl>

StarterNG/Views/Scenarios.axaml.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ public partial class Scenarios : UserControl
         Scenery selectedScn = Sceneries[tag];
         vehicleList.Items.Clear();
 
+        // scenery-level info (distinct from the per-consist scenario description)
+        ShowSceneryInfo(selectedScn);
+
         // add all trainsets to list
         for (int i = 0; i < selectedScn.Trainsets.Count; i++)
         {
@@ -91,6 +94,29 @@ public partial class Scenarios : UserControl
 
     }
 
+    // Shows the selected scenery's description (//$d) and 1:1 image (//$i).
+    private void ShowSceneryInfo(Scenery scenery)
+    {
+        sceneryDescription.Text = scenery.Description;
+
+        string? imagePath = scenery.ImagePath;
+        if (imagePath is not null)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                sceneryImage.Source = new Bitmap(imagePath);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                sceneryImage.Source = null; // unreadable / unsupported image
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            sceneryImage.Source = null;
+        }
+    }
+
     private void VehicleList_OnSelectionChanged(object? sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
     {
         // get selected scenery
@@ -190,4 +216,4 @@ public partial class Scenarios : UserControl
             // executable not found / not configured yet
         }
     }
-}
+}

StarterNG/Views/Settings.axaml

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
              xmlns:objectModel="clr-namespace:System.Collections.ObjectModel;assembly=System.ObjectModel"
              xmlns:starterNg="clr-namespace:StarterNG"
              mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="800" d:DesignHeight="450"
-             x:Class="StarterNG.Views.Settings">
+             x:Class="StarterNG.Views.Settings"
+             x:CompileBindings="True">
     <DockPanel>
         <!-- Save / reset bar -->
         <Border DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" Padding="16,10" Background="#11000000">

StarterNG/Views/Settings.axaml.cs

@@ -288,22 +288,7 @@ public partial class Settings : UserControl
         var lang = item.Content?.ToString();
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(lang)) return;
 
-        var langDict = new ResourceInclude(new Uri("avares://StarterNG/"))
-        {
-            Source = new Uri($"Assets/Langs/{lang}.axaml", UriKind.Relative)
-        };
-
-        var currentLangDict = App.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries
-            .OfType<ResourceInclude>()
-            .FirstOrDefault(d => d.Source != null && d.Source.OriginalString.Contains("Langs/"));
-
-        if (currentLangDict != null)
-        {
-            App.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Remove(currentLangDict);
-        }
-        App.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(langDict);
-
-        App.Loc.SetLanguage(langDict, lang);
+        App.ApplyLanguage(lang);
     }
 
     // ── tiny helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────