Request - Navigate to letter in playlist via JSON? Any new way to achieve this?

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Navigate to letter in playlist via JSON? Any new way to achieve this? - houser - 2020-12-26

I know this has been up from time to time, but I noted some text in the lates 18.9 Leia release
that made me try to revisit this over the holidays as I have some time on my hands.
it looks like this feature will be in V12 of the API and V19.xx Matrix with the 5.7.2 Input.ButtonEvent ?

Have been wanting to do this for years but never got around to it.
Is there any current way under Leia 18.xx to send Shift+Letter via a JSON command?
I simply want to jump to letter in large libraries. Anyone? If not I'll wait and hope for v19 Matrix Wink

Many thanks and best wishes for 2021!

RE: Navigate to letter in playlist via JSON? Any new way to achieve this? - houser - 2021-05-11

Has anyone been able to use a JSON command to go to letter in a list yet?
As I understood it, it might make the Matrix API..
Many thanks!

RE: Navigate to letter in playlist via JSON? Any new way to achieve this? - houser - 2022-02-17

Hello,

Just a final stab at this, as I would really like to add this to my iRule client before their servers go dark soon.
I would like to send a JSON string that is the equivalent of shift-letter to go the corresponding letter in long lists in Kodi.

I am trying to use the 5.7.2 Input.ButtonEvent from this page:
https://kodi.wiki/view/JSON-RPC_API/v12#Input.ButtonEvent
and this:
https://kodi.wiki/view/Keymap#Keyboards

By probably making up a keymap.xml for all letters shift-a, shift-b etc. and then assigning a JSON command to each.
Can this be done?

Many thanks for any helpful comments or examples on formatting.

RE: Navigate to letter in playlist via JSON? Any new way to achieve this? - mardukL - 2022-08-13

Hm.. Did you consider using the built-in action   'JumpSMS' <2-9>Jump through a list using SMS-style input (eg press 2 twice to jump to the B's.) - https://kodi.wiki/view/Action_IDs

Input.ExecuteAction -> input.action

labels / numbers will skipped if no item exist in lib
       sms2 - a,b,c,2
       sms3 - d,e,f,3
       sms4 - g,h,i,4
       sms5 - j,k,l,5
       sms6 - m,n,o,6
        sms7 - p,q,r,s,7
       sms8 - t,u,v,8
        sms9 - x,y,z,9

Or build your keymap for the Input.ButtonEvent
e.g.

xml:
<keymap>

    <global>

        <keyboard>

          ...

            

            <numpadtwo>jumpSMS2</numpadtwo>

            <numpadthree>jumpSMS3</numpadthree>

            <numpadfour>jumpSMS4</numpadfour>

            <numpadfive>jumpSMS5</numpadfive>

            <numpadsix>jumpSMS6</numpadsix>

            <numpadseven>jumpSMS7</numpadseven>

            <numpadeight>jumpSMS8</numpadeight>

            <numpadnine>jumpSMS9</numpadnine>

        </keyboard>

    </global>

</keymap>

RE: Navigate to letter in playlist via JSON? Any new way to achieve this? - houser - 2022-10-08

(2022-08-13, 19:52)mardukL Wrote: Hm.. Did you consider using the built-in action 'JumpSMS' <2-9>Jump through a list using SMS-style input (eg press 2 twice to jump to the B's.) - https://kodi.wiki/view/Action_IDs

Dear @mardukL
Apologies for late feedback to your kind reply. Missed the notification at the time for some reason.
Anyway. This was pretty much exactly what I wanted. Up and running with your suggestion and very, very happy. Kudos!!