[powlo]

Hi,

I'd like to add some "help text" to the settings.xml for an addon. Specifically, for an API Key field, I want to tell the user where to go to get an API key.

How can I do this? I've tried

Code:

<setting id="ApiKey" label="32003" type="text" help="some help text" />

and a few variations. No effect.

[jbinkley60]

Hi,

I'd like to add some "help text" to the settings.xml for an addon. Specifically, for an API Key field, I want to tell the user where to go to get an API key.

How can I do this? I've tried

Code:

<setting id="ApiKey" label="32003" type="text" help="some help text" />

and a few variations. No effect.

It works for me if you change the help to a label which points to another entry in the strings.po file.

For example:

Code:

<setting id="ApiKey" label="32003" type="text" help="35003" />

where 35003 is your help text.  Also you need to be using a skin which supports help.  Not all do.


Thanks,

Jeff

[powlo]

Yeah I tried the label code. Possibly the skin I'm using doesn't support labels, I'm using Estuary. How can I find out which skinds do/don't support help labels?

[jbinkley60]

Yeah I tried the label code. Possibly the skin I'm using doesn't support labels, I'm using Estuary. How can I find out which skinds do/don't support help labels?

Estuary supports help.  Here's an example.



You can see the blue text at the bottom.


Thanks,

Jeff

[powlo]

Huh, that's not what I see. But then digging deeper, I can't see where help text is provided in the source code for MezzmoKodiPlugin. For now I'll just put help text in logs, if not all skins support it then I can't assume the user will see it. Thanks for your help!