Allow user to set 'no background'

Feature Suggestions
1

Please add some way of setting 'no background' for artist pages.  I frequently find that the background images that Plex automatically finds are too busy, making text hard to read.  I say "for artist pages" because that's where I spend most of my Plex time, but it really should be everywhere background images are present.

For example:

![post-154020-0-23935300-1430876484.jpg|690x449](upload://xK8loNhzEPjQ0Ex2OcvUyHw6Lhr.jpg)

 

I find that background makes it difficult to read the track info.

I realize I could change the background to something less annoying, but there are times when I simply want no background. 

It doesn't have to be complicated.  I can imagine a few possible solutions:

  • Allow the user to click on the currently-selected image to de-select it.  If no image is selected, no background is displayed.
  • Allow the user to delete the available images from the Background selection dialog (this should be a feature anyway, IMO).
  • A checkbox in the Background image selection dialog.  You can still auto-populate the images, just don't display one unless the user wants it.  I'm typically a strong proponent of 'opt-in' vs. 'opt-out' settings, so I think it should be disabled until the user enables it.  Here's a mock-up:
    ![post-154020-0-78804000-1430876483.jpg|680x500](upload://1N4urkw1qkxuJm7TVsWOJW3dmHd.jpg)
2

I’d definitely love to see this feature added as well, and I especially like the first two solutions he proposed (clicking an image to de-select it, and being able to delete any image).

This feature should be added not just for backgrounds, but also for posters, as the same issue occurs there. :slight_smile:

3

would be great to be able to delete bad posters. As an example the show “the librarians” on TNT is ALWAYS found as a different show (some british show I think) … would be great to be able to delete those incorrect posters, backgrounds, and banners. (same with “the flash”)

4

The checkbox doesn’t really match the aesthetic of how streamlined Plex looks. However, maybe just having a blank box selection with the artwork, that matches how the backgrounds can be picked, would match up nicely. Or even a white word inside that box that says “None” or “Blank”, etc.

5

I would really like to see this get more attention, now that the 3.0.0 build has made such an unpopular change.

6

Thanks for posting this topic. I would also like to have the option to at least disable the background.

7

+1
Folk, please use the VOTE button on this page to vote for this!

8

Same goes for the Album page as well.

9

Ugh! Not happy, again. I’ve been able to use Stylus in web browsers to turn off the damned color gradient backgrounds, but a recent release of Plex Web has changed things.

Now I have to figure out, again, how to override it.