Can't open a new window since another dialog is still active
Hi, I'm trying to open a new window of Kodi Settings screen (10004) from the DialogButtonMenu.xml By this code: Code: <item id="2"> <property...
View ArticleDialog.Close works only once, why?
Hi, My purpose is: 1. Playing a video. 2. Open the controls buttons dialog (videoosd) with 'M' 3. Open the shutdown dialog (shutdownmenu) with 'S' + Close (videoosd) if active. 4. Press 'S' again to...
View Article[RFC] Lists inside lists - looking for testers
until now it was possible to use multiple lists inside a grouplist, but a few days ago, some code was merged which makes it possible to use lists inside lists as well. (see:...
View ArticleCan't drive colordiffuse using a prefixed VAR
The following works:- Code:<variable name="MyColorRed"> <value>ffff0000</value> </variable> <control type="image">...
View ArticleHow can I use $VAR in tags?
Hi, I have a "progress" control. I want to use this $VAR in his <info> tag: Code: <variable name="PlayerProgress"> <value condition="[PVR.IsPlayingTV | VideoPlayer.HasEpg] +...
View ArticleInformation is not updated for home menu widget items?
I noticed an issue: If you open the dialog video info of a movie from a home menu widget and change the poster to a different one, the new poster is shown correctly only in dialog video info. The...
View ArticleBreadcrumb is NOT Showing
So im working in the Video section trying to get the main label saying where we are at. I was able to figure out the main label for this is under the "TopBarLabels" section in the "Includes" file....
View ArticleHelp from anyone with a skin with widget support...
Hi everyone. First of all, I'm using Cosmic skin but I've not managed to get a solution from its forum. So I throw the question to you. If anyone can help it would be very appreciated... In short, I'm...
View ArticleHow to detect when a user navigates around within a panel list?
I've got a UI element using an onclick event to toggle a skin setting which is then used to make a "zoomed" block become visible (displaying a more expansive block of text). I'd like to be able to...
View ArticleTotal Episodes in season on OSD
Hi, Is there a way to access the count of total episodes in the season when an episode of it is currently playing? I want to put something like this on OSD info: Season 5 • Episode 4 of 10. Thanks!
View ArticleHelp with $PARAM
Hello to all!! In my journey to learn how to make a skin, I'm still have trouble to really understand how $PARAM work! I have this $PARAM: Code:<include name="NoWidgets"> <param...
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tag equivalent in Buttom label
Hello!! Sorry if this have been asking before, but I really don't know how to search. I have this buttom control: Code:<control type="button" id="603">...
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Using the new colorbutton
I've been working on implementing this. It appears that internally there is an m_labelInfo variable that forces display of the hex value of the color over the <label> box, though the position is...
View ArticleSlideshow.SupplementalCategories only shows the last element
I'm running Kodi 18.9 and 19.3 and have a problem with displaying EXIF/IPTC data. Using slideshow.xml, I have defined a control label in order to display category information from a picture. The value...
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Button issue
Hi, I hope I can explain this well enough to get some help. In the below image you can see the button highlighted in red is focused in the next image the button (again highlighted in red :p) is no...
View ArticleAnnoying "control has been asked to focus" error in dialogselect
So dialog select can have depending on how it's called a list id 3 or 6. I have my window defaultcontrol set to 3, but when the dialog opens with list 6 I get that error logged. So I tried creating an...
View ArticleNewbie skinner needs some help
Hi there, recently I started the development of a new skin, based on AppTV, because I guess it's much easier to start with an existing one instead of creating from scratch. And AppTV is minimalistic,...
View ArticleProblem with force widgets refresh
I have a problem with this kodi future. It is clear to me that this must exist, but not in every case. The biggest problem for me is when my skin, which I'm developing, titan bingie mode, playing...
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Newbie Skinning questions regarding positioning and general dev stuff
It has been a while since I touched kodi development, unfortunately Leia starts to show its age and I guess I have to move on. One of my personal showstopper so far has been (among others) the lack of...
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Kodi skin localize VS Code extension
Alpha release of a VS Code extension to help with skin localization. Adds a context menu item to replace selected text with a localization from either the main Kodi language po or the skins language...
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