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startover · 2011-03-20, 17:03

I've looked up the keyboard shortcuts but can't seem to find one that can change/toggle the view types in movie library. Is this possible? (i.e. alt+w to change to Wall view)

**mkortstiege** · 2011-03-20, 17:04

Not possible. You'll have to do it via GUI.

jmarshall · 2011-03-20, 23:41

It's not possible to do hotkey to a particular view, however you could use the SendClick action to toggle between views.

startover · 2011-03-20, 23:45

jmarshall Wrote:It's not possible to do hotkey to a particular view, however you could use the SendClick action to toggle between views.

Could you please give an explanation/example on how to use this action? I'm new to XBMC.

Thanks!

startover · 2011-03-22, 00:58

Can someone show me how to do "SendClick" action please?

Thanks.

jmarshall · 2011-03-22, 02:31

3rd link on google for "sendclick xbmc":

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=94925

Cheers,
Jonathan

startover · 2011-03-22, 03:49

jmarshall Wrote:3rd link on google for "sendclick xbmc":

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=94925

Cheers,
Jonathan

Thanks. I tried
<j>SendClick(2)</j> because according to the wiki 2 is the ID for "viewtype". However it doesn't work. Nothing happens.

Did I use the wrong ID? Is it skin specific? (I'm using Aeon MQ 2)

jmarshall · 2011-03-22, 04:44

Check your debug log to ensure:

1. You've modified the correct file.
2. You're actually getting those messages sent.

startover · 2011-03-22, 05:24

jmarshall Wrote:Check your debug log to ensure:

1. You've modified the correct file.
2. You're actually getting those messages sent.

Yes and yes.

The debug shows:

22:17:02 T:3184 M:3201118208 DEBUG: SDLKeyboard: scancode: 18, sym: 101, unicode: 101, modifier: 0
22:17:02 T:3184 M:3201114112 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 61509 pressed, action is SendClick(2)

I tried other 2 keys with SendClick(14) (to toggle unwatched/all) and SendClick(8) (for the search box) and they both worked fine. Just not SendClick(2)

Thanks again for the help.

jmarshall · 2011-03-22, 05:43

Tried with Confluence?

startover · 2011-03-22, 05:54

Wow it does work with Confluence. So this is a skin specific issue.

By any chance you can take a guess on why it doesn't work with Aeon MQ2 and where should I look for (if there's any other control ID etc)? I thought the built-in controls listed on the wiki is a global thing.

jmarshall · 2011-03-22, 08:47

My guess is that it's using a spinner or list for the view modes (id 2 is what you're looking for) so instead of cycling on a button press (which Confluence uses) it instead has a spinner or select button for cycling. In this case, we query the control for the information, rather than just cycling (as you could have deliberately moved 3 viewmodes on without actually settling on the 2 intermediate ones). Given the control itself doesn't know about the fact that you're changing things, it reports that it still has the same setting.

The good news is there's a solution: try Container.NextViewMode.

Cheers,
Jonathan

startover · 2011-03-22, 09:33

jmarshall Wrote:My guess is that it's using a spinner or list for the view modes (id 2 is what you're looking for) so instead of cycling on a button press (which Confluence uses) it instead has a spinner or select button for cycling. In this case, we query the control for the information, rather than just cycling (as you could have deliberately moved 3 viewmodes on without actually settling on the 2 intermediate ones). Given the control itself doesn't know about the fact that you're changing things, it reports that it still has the same setting.

The good news is there's a solution: try Container.NextViewMode.

Cheers,
Jonathan

Worked perfectly! Thank you so much for your time and support.