Description of all built In Controls and Windows?
Is there - additionally to Appendix V: List of Built In Controls and Window IDs - any description available describing the function/purpose of each window and when it is activated? For example, I still...
View ArticleAndroid - Any Chance to modify Estouchy on Kodi 18.2?
Hi everybody! I managed to install Kodi 18.2 (Estouchy Skin) on an old Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 with Android 7.1 and LineageOS. It works fine but I'd like to modify the skin a little bit (I already did it...
View ArticleItemlayout/Focusedlayout animations/conditions
Why is it that if I set a bunch of animations for controls within the itemlayout or focusedlayout for a list, with conditions based on the visibility of that list, the animations start firing whenever...
View ArticleDoes Kodi use tabs or spaces?
In Python it is common to use 4 spaces per indentation level. The Python interpreter will however recognize spaces or tabs. The only gottcha is you must never mix spaces and tabs, pick one or the...
View ArticleIssue with Visibility Conditions for Panel
Hello all, I am having an issue with visibility conditions for a panel I am using as a widget in Amber for Leia. I understood that testing for numitems > 0 or that the panel isupdating would work,...
View ArticleContainer of static items default focus on second item?
Hey, I've got a container set with static items as its content. For some weird reason Kodi insists on focusing the second item in the container as default. I can't use 'defaultfocus' attribute because...
View ArticleClear List on Window/Page
Hi Is there a way to clear a list currently displayed on a window/page? I want to clear the list onunload so it is empty the next time the page is visited. At the moment you see the previous filter...
View ArticleAlpha - How to show multiple menus at the same time?
I have in MyVideoNav.xml one menu that shows " Files, Playlists, Add-ons ". The next menu will show when I clicked one of these Listitems. But I want to show it without a click. Like switching tabs.
View ArticleBlur Overlay
Is there any script or a way to get a blur overlay? I don't want to blur fanart. I want a overlay that is about fanart and is blur. Thanks
View ArticleFade effect in a fixed grouplist?
Hi, I am working on a skin and I have encountered a problem that I am not being able to solve. On my skin, I have a grouplist full of fixedlists that act as my widgets. In order to have the effect of...
View Article[split] Changes to the skinning engine for Kodi Matrix
@ronie: I remember somewhere you wrote anyone should feel free to help out in these threads. So I hope it's ok I updated it as I ran through the PR's? Feel free to delete this post and to edit the...
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Back-port of "Player.Chapters" from Kodi v19 Matrix skinning engine to v18
Hey there, I'd be interested, if this feature could be back-ported to Kodi v18 in another release (maybe 18.4)? I'd like to implement chapter markers in the progress bar of my skin. Or is there a...
View ArticleIs there way to detect if kodi is the current active app on android platform?
Basically I want to pause video when Kodi is not the currently running app (the one that is focused) on an android platform. And if not, maybe this could be a kodi core feature? Thanks
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Perfect code doesn't work on KRYTPON
WARNING: THIS IS REALLY HEAVY ADVANCED CODE STUFF, NOTHING FOR .XML BEGINNERS! This .xml problem driving me nuts since weeks... This Code works perfect on Leia! But not on Krypton! The small...
View ArticleVideoOSD default button help
Hi all. I am fairly new to skinning so apologies in advance... I am trying to create a condition whereby the default selected button is different than that of the default when a certain string of text...
View ArticleRelease - script.embuary.helper - a (maybe) skin helper service / widgets...
FYI and because some other skinners already are using my helper for Embuary in their projects: script.embuary.helper is somehow comparable to the heavily used Skin Helper Service packages. The main...
View Articlealign buttons in grouplist
I'm trying to align buttons and images in a horizontal grouplist. The items are centered horizontally (on the x axis) but I also want them to be centered on the y-axis. Therefore I tried...
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Solved - How to skip empty items in a list
This code compares the cast with a resource addon and shows them in a multiimage. Code working but... How can i achieve that if a cast actor who has no image would be skipped? Now i have gaps in...
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Solved - Align Items into Grid
I am customizing Estuary to have 1 Widget with an Multi-Row Video List (aka. A Grid) Here is an image of what it looks like currently. I have completely no idea, between home.xml and includes_home.xml...
View ArticleSkinning Scripts/Addons Questions
Been diving into doing some heavy customization without the the use of modules (like pyxbmct, etc) but hit a few roadblocks so wanted to check on a few things. What doesn't work in scripts/addons when...
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