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I just got myself a touchscreen (duplicates the image on my tv).
So i run XBMC (latest version) on Windows 7 x64, and most of the touchscreen input goes fine, browsing menus etc. But when i play a video, the controls barely work, also when i open the sound/subtitle settings menu in the OSD i can't click a thing, only way to remove it is to press escape on the keyboard.
I searched for touchscreen add-ons, but couldn't find any.
Can i somehow tweak settings or add a plugin to make the touchscreen support better?
A second (minor) issue is; can i hide the mouse cursor somehow without disabling the mouse all together?
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Both XeeBo and Touched skins support touch screens.
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Thnx for the fast replies, unfortunately XeeBo seems a bit buggy, it constantly opens the wrong screens, and i can't get a list of movies or tv shows, i don't have a back button for the previous screen or anything, so touchscreen wise it's not my first choice, Confluence worked better in my opinion.
The Touched skin looks as if it would solve all touchscreen problems, but it probably only works on the ipad, i tried copying it to the appdata/root/xbmc folder on my windows 7 x64 HTPC, i see the skin in the list within XBMC, but when i click it, it stays in confluence. (or am i doing something wrong?)
About the mouse, yes i can disable the mouse in XBMC, but that disables the complete mouse functionality, and with that also touchscreen input, so thats not an option.
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I have to test it when i get home and post my findings. One thing i do remember is that none of the links other than favourites and settings worked in the left menu.
I'l post when i tested it later tonight.
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Have you tried Transparency? it has touchscreen mode under general settings, I can't speak from experience though as I don't have a touch screen myself.
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I see ronie[url=http://forum.xbmc.org/member.php?action=profile&uid=42570][/url] the developer of Transparency is showing as online, maybe post a question in the transparency thread and see if he can shed any light on the areas you are having difficulty with, or perhaps even PM him.
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2011-08-20, 14:45
(This post was last modified: 2011-08-20, 14:47 by DrMacabre.)
Thanks god, finally someone with the same issues with touchscreen.
Got myself an asus ep121 under windows 7 64 and the navigation with the screen is just painfull, i don't really like xeebo, i've been using Transparancy for some time now on my htpc and i'm really looking forward for a usable setup.
As mentioned, browser is working right but when playing a movie, it's another story, i always keep my bt keyboard around or use my android remote. Kinda lame :/
btw,to go back to previous screen, you need to long press on my setup. It is supposed to do the same as right clicking the mouse.