[Ayala]

I can do is on WindowOpen but not on Focus. is it not possible?

[Jezz_X]

Well labels don't get focus ever so how would it animate ?
you would need to change it to a button or use the new conditional animation that animates it when somthing else gets focus because as I said labels never get focus

[Ayala]

new conditional animation that animates it when somthing else gets focus

i guess that will do it, how do I do this? and excuse my stupidness but I'm a total noob. i'm just good at graphics.

[Loto_Bak]

Skinning is well covered in the xbmc manual here
see
http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/wiki/inde...ine_Manual
under 'xbmc's inner workings'

to awnser your question...
find the button that must have focus when you want your animation to activate. Note the <id> of this button and use it with onfocus to activate your animation

[Ayala]

I've have been reading the XBMC manual extensively, and it just proved that I am no programmer...

I wish there was more if a --> if(x) then(y) for these animations.

I don't get the conditionals portion as much I read the online manual, altough I am a total noob, i've only been coding for like 3 weeks.

I simply have a focused <focusedlayout> with some animation, and I'd like to fade the labels on upon focus, and off when unfocused. the only other skin I know that does that is MC360.

[jmarshall]

Labels within lists do not animate at all. It's something I've been meaning to remedy, just haven't got around to it.