Toggle Filters of List Items by Genre or Tag
Hello, folks; What I am trying to do is to create a togglebutton that will toggle the filtering of the displayed list items by a pre-determined genre or tag. So, let's say I have the entire movie...
View ArticleAdaptively changing height of scroll box
I've been editing Estuary to try to piece together an understanding of how skinning works. I've changed the height of my list items considerably to make them easier to read on small screens, in both...
View ArticleActual clock face on home screen.
Hopefully this is the correct section. Given that I am not talking about a particular skin. I have had a scroll through various posts but can't find what I need. I would like to have a "live" clock...
View Articlesuper small screen size skin options?
I recently got a "Lenovo Smart Clock 2" (was $20 at lowes, but maybe sold out). I installed Kodi Nexus (google to find out how to load other apk sources, does not require any jailbreak, etc. But is a...
View ArticleEvery classic Kodi/XBMC skin ported to Matrix/Nexus;
this one's for the latest kodi users who misses those skins. download it.
View ArticlePSA for skinners
FYI, I noticed quite a few skins in the nexus repo are still using the now defunct boolean: Player.DisplayAfterSeek Changes to the skinning engine for Kodi Nexus
View ArticleNo Atmos information in Nexus?
I have noticed that the information returned for ListItem.AudioCodec for movies in Nexus doesn’t mention Atmos anymore, only TrueHD. I have read somewhere that technically Atmos is also TrueHD, so...
View ArticleHow to display a customer timer when playing audio files?
Hello, I'm trying to create a custom screensaver skin that displays how much time that has been played for an audio file. Is there some xml value that I can use to display current player time? I know...
View ArticleShould a json library update cause all library image textures to refresh?
I have a button that runs a script to set a listitem's userrating using a json call: 'AudioLibrary.SetSongDetails'. I notice that whenever this is run, all the image controls with textures from the...
View Articleis it possible / easy to replicate an addon settings style slider in skin?
I want to use sliders for setting numerical values in my skin settings, similar to how they are used in addon settings. But for addon settings, it is possible to give a slider a range, increment and...
View ArticleAccessibility features you like to include?
Question for skinners - are there any accessability features that you like to include in your skin? I've added a couple so far (detailed below) but would like to add more if there are any that I'm...
View ArticleChanges to the skinning engine for Kodi Omega (v21)
Just to keep the ball going, this thread lists all the skinning engine changes for Kodi Omega (v21)
View ArticleTVShow year, not seasons year
How do I get the year tvshow was premiered in seasons page (View_Seasons.xml)? ListItem.Year displays seasons year but I want tv shows year. There is $INFO[container.showtitle] and...
View ArticleIs there a way to scroll an element into view?
I'm modifying the estuary skin and i wanted to move subsections into a single page like a home screen. Everything looks and works well but I thought it would be interesting to move all widgets to a...
View ArticleSetProperty issue
Here is my list I used in my custom Skin. @ViewsViewTypeList.xml <include name="View_903_View"> <control type="list" id="903"> <left>176</left>...
View ArticleScroll suffix doesn't support style tags
In labels the <scrollsuffix> doesn't support style tags:- Code:<scrollsuffix>[B ] | [/B ]</scrollsuffix> <scrollsuffix>[COLOR Accent] | [/COLOR]</scrollsuffix> They just...
View ArticleVideoPlayer.Art(poster) shows no picture when playing a TV show
I'm trying to show the poster while watching a tv show, but I can't show it, because these parameters always return "empty": $INFO[Player.Art(tvshow.poster)] $INFO[VideoPlayer.Art(poster)]...
View ArticleInfoDialog current playing media in home?
Hi, I wonder if there is a way to get the music/video-infodialog of the currently playing video/song when in home.xml. I was thinking of a hiddenlist, but I don't know which content path to use? When...
View ArticleSet an order in which images are displayed when they are superimposed
I ask if there is a way to order the images one above the other, because I have to display an image above other images, but kodi puts it below every time, so it doesn't show it to me, I haven't found...
View Articlevariables for colordiffuse broken in Nexus 20.1?
Is anyone else seeing issues with the colordiffuse tag on their textures using a variable in Nexus 20.1? All of a sudden this doesn't work: <control type="image"> <texture...
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