[justinhow]

I am fairly new to XBMC and am getting on very well..

I have been using a VRC-1100 remote. This is also working fine. I have been firing off XBMC Actions in this way. keyboard.xml look a bit like this:
..
<keyboard>
<m mod="ctrl,shift">info</m>
<g mod="ctrl">ContextMenu</g>
<t mod="ctrl">ActivateWindow(favourites)</t>
<o mod="ctrl">Powerdown</o>
</keyboard>
..
However I wanted to try and simulate a keypress. e.g. I want to use my remote to simulate a TAB key press (to maximise visualisations, return to playing video etc). I cannot do this directly with the VRC-1100 as it does not have this sort of configurability.

[Hamilcar Barca]

I have been using a VRC-1100 remote.
...
However I wanted to try and simulate a keypress. e.g. I want to use my
remote to simulate a TAB key press (to maximise visualisations, return to
playing video etc). I cannot do this directly with the VRC-1100 as it does not
have this sort of configurability.

I think your options are:

1. Configure XBMC to use a keypress that the VRC-1100 can generate; or
   
2. Purchase a replacement IR receiver (and remote if you're not using a universal remote).
   

I chose option 2 to replace my VRC-1100. It works but it's limited.

[jhsrennie]

You just need something like:

<t mod="ctrl,shift">Fullscreen</t> <!-- Yellow button -->

The tab key is mapped to the Fullscreen action, but you can map any other keypress to this action. I've used the yellow button, but obviously choose whatever button you prefer.

JR

[justinhow]

Thanks for that - I just found Fullscreen action as well.

Just need to find if I have any free "buttons" on the remote now. Remote is quite good but not enough free buttons to remap.

Can't say it enough - XBMC is a superb product. Thanks