Develop on a non-16:9 monitor
Is there a config that enables displaying interface with selected dimensions, but not stretching it to the full screen (leaving black bars at top and bottom)? I'm working with 16:10 monitor and would...
View ArticleMeaning of different bordersizes for
What are the exact meanings and iteractions of all the 5s below (taken from <image> example from the Manual)? I've played with them a bit, but I am still not sure. Code: <texture border="5"...
View ArticleHow to make service result available to be used on the skin
Hi, This is my very first attempt with Kodi services and skins. I already modified my Titan skin to enable a third row underneath the time and date to display my IP. My goal, is to display the external...
View ArticleWant make some weather skining change on xml files
Hi all First all I am new here... i would like to do some change on kodi XML files i dont know what of XML files i need to change for do my change (I run KODI 17.1 on windows ) i want the weather and...
View ArticleDid Running Addons change in Leia?
Did the way to run add-ons change in Leia? If I use, for example, RunAddon(script.globalsearch) as the action for a menu or a submenu item, Leia takes me to Program Add-ons, not to the addon itself. I...
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ListItem.FolderPath Question
Hi, I use $INFO[ListItem.FolderPath] to show albums of artists of my library in the right bottom, like this : I want to use the same to show albums in artist dialog info but in this window it show all...
View ArticleFetching db information for nodes
Hello, I've set up some nodes with Library Node Editor -fe. ActivateWindow(Videos,library://video/movies/anime.xml) works as expected. Now a question - how do I define call to fetch all library nodes -...
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Make an image and animation display on certain weather conditions
I've been trying to get a full screen image of rain drops... and an animated rain drop... Code: <include name="AnimatedBackgroundEffect"> Â Â Â Â <control type="group">...
View ArticleGrouplist and dynamic content (focus last group item)
Something i am having a hard time with; An example would be Estuary with a vertical menu. Widgets recently added ect. for a vertical menu work great. The first item in the group list for the widget is...
View Article"condition" attribute usage for
I can see that some elements have condition attribute (fe. condition="!Control.HasFocus(9000)) I've tried to use it for a list's <focusedlayout> element to simulate missing feature of unsetting...
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Bug or intent? Focus 1st unwatched item (TV) doesnt include 'in progress'
If you have this option enabled, it unfortunately doesn't count 'in progress' as unwatched, and focuses next unwatched item As I found out when starting first unwatched show only to see spoiler of...
View ArticleGitHub vs gitlab
Is there have use GitHub rule for add-on? I am thinking of using gitlab as I can keep it private until I am read to open it up.. if I do that when I submit to the official repo do I have to move to...
View Articlei know this has already been answered somewhere but i cant find it...
if I want to display the name of the skin. anywhere in the skin without me actually typing it... or that skin id.. how would I go about doing in $INFO[ ] ?
View ArticleProblem with visibility condition while using Container.IsUpdating boolean
Hi everyone, I am currently making a loader to display when a container is updating content. So i made the following visibility condition for the loader:...
View Articlenot sure how to look it up
is there a simple way to move a grouplist at a certain point on the screen... the idea is to keep the focused items in the top 2/3 of the screen ? I just want to know if there is a easy way of...
View ArticleSlide-out left menu when mouse moved to left?
On many screens (this is in 17 with estuary) moving the mouse to the extreme left slides out a menu (id=9000) from the left. Where is this mouse action picked up? Is it somewhere in the skin, or a...
View Articlediffuse = vars?
Just want to make sure I haven't done something wrong.... Can I use diffuse = vars or is it not allowed.....if not can I use info skin string or window property?... I currently have var but it's not...
View ArticleAny way to get skin font in use?
Seems like this would be pretty basic to get settings.lookandfeel.font setting, to allow for different positioning/layout based on the font but I couldn't find any way to get at this other than doing a...
View ArticleAdvice on reporting skin related crash
I am developing a new skin, which is currently in a private beta stage. One of the testers have submitted a bug report where switching from my skin to Estuary crashes Kodi (on Windows 10). I can...
View ArticlePanel - scrollbar and scrolling by page
I have a panel - let's say 3 columns of data, 2 visible, horizontally scrolled. Associated scrollbar behaves as only the selected column were visible - scroll handle is 1/3 of width. Is there a way to...
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