onclick Open the context menu information item for currently selected item?
I want to be able to click on an item and activate the information window as if it were being run from the context menu for the currently selected item, however I am already in the information screen...
View ArticleControl.Move absolute?
Is there a way to set an absolute position with Control.Move instead of an offset? I know Control.SetFocus will take an absolute position but I don't want the control I'm moving to gain focus.
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$ESCINFO doesn't seem to work
I'm passing Container.ShowName into a custom script to fill the content of a list like so:- <content...
View ArticleIssues with Window.IsVisible(progressdialog)
Hi, It seems that Window.IsVisible(progressdialog) is not working properly, I'm creating a xbmcgui.DialogProgressBG() dialog and when trying to hide it using...
View ArticleConditional fade?
I'm trying to have episode/series/movie information fade into view when a list item remains selected for 2 seconds. IE: it remains hidden whilst scrolling though, but fades in if you pause on...
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How to get a tvshow dbid ?
Hello, I would like to know how to get the dbid of a tvshow from an episodes view. I can recover without problem by going first through the tvshow view with $INFO[listitem.dbid] on tvshow level but if...
View ArticleA question for skinners...
If I wanted to have an image appear with the context menu for a particular movie or tvshow ect. what xml would I edit?
View ArticleNo posters for Movie Sets
Hello all, Is there a different way to show posters for movie sets in Matrix? Kodi is not showing posters, only for movie sets, in Matrix. In Leia the movie set posters show correctly. Any ideas or...
View ArticleKodi 18.8 ReplaceWindow is broken
As of Kodi 18.8 ReplaceWindow is broken. In my skin when in the Video/Music library I'm presenting the user with a sub menu to allow then to select a different category eg Actors, Genres, Year, etc......
View ArticleControlling the focus position in panel list to mimic Windows Media Centre...
Hello! I have a horizontally scrolled panel list for displaying cover art that starts about 300 pixels from the left, is three rows high and columns span the rest of the width of the screen. What I...
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Tracklist overlaying album panel
I'm trying to add a track list that appears on top of a panel list of album covers. I have got as far as the screenshots below before finding that I can't seem to move focus from the panel list of...
View Articlehow to use field in MyVideosxxx.db
my purpose is to show the list of all the date where i saw a movie I have 3 options (at least) 1) create a database with a table with movie/date_seen 2) create a filed in a existing table (say...
View ArticleHow to display back.jpg with Player.Art
So my advancedsettings.xml is: <advancedsettings version="1.0"> <musicthumbs> <albumextraart><arttype>back</arttype></albumextraart>...
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Startup.xml does not run after skin change
I've been using startup.xml to initially set up some window properties for my skin but I just noticed that startup.xml only runs when kodi first starts up.... obvious really by the name So my question...
View ArticleSettingsCategory.xml - Container(5).NumItems
SettingsCategory.xml grouplist id 5, I'm trying to use Container(5).NumItems to feed an animation to centre the group list depending on the number of items. However Container(5).NumItems only counts...
View ArticleBug with wraplists in Matrix
I think there's a bug in the way wraplist controls are shown in Matrix. I have tried all the nightlies available (the oldest in the page is 2020-Jul-15) and it happens in all versions, so I can't guess...
View ArticleSkin Variables returned by addons?
Hello I am curious about the process whereby skins retrieve data from external addons? As an example on the skin i use there is similar info which is provided by "script.skin.helper.widgets" eg:...
View ArticleList items Focus animation when not focused
I have a list and in the focused layout I use a Focus animation like so Code:<control type="list" id="506"> ...... ...... <itemlayout width="1000" height="200"> ..... ........
View Articlelabel problem
I have a list that is controlled by a hidden button for movement and as such is never focused, so in order for the labels in the focused layout to scroll I use a label with <scroll> set to true...
View ArticleDynamic Content Library Paths
Hi, I'm playing around with seeing what sort of dynamically filled lists I can place on infoscreens based on the listitem selected without using widgets. Might be going down a dead end, but as a proof...
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