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Close a window? - Dzrte4gle - 2016-07-12
How do you close a window, not a dialog?
RE: Close a window? - Dzrte4gle - 2016-07-12
It displays the previous window first. How do you make it go directly to a window?
RE: Close a window? - sualfred - 2016-07-12
Again, you should read the wiki
http://kodi.wiki/view/List_of_built-in_functions
-> ActivateWindow(window[,dir,return])
-> ReplaceWindow(window,dir)
RE: Close a window? - Dzrte4gle - 2016-07-13
All of the Windows are using ReplaceWindow with return at the end. And it still displays the previous window first. I also tried ActivateWindow with ReplaceWindow and get the same results. I even tried the Action(Close) and still the previous window, opens for some seconds and then I get the other window.
RE: Close a window? - Hitcher - 2016-07-13
Code?
RE: Close a window? - Dzrte4gle - 2016-07-13
ActivateWindow(window,dir,return) and then ReplaceWindow(window,dir,return) or
ReplaceWindow(window,dir,return) for all windows.
RE: Close a window? - BigNoid - 2016-07-13
You dont want to use the return parameter in this case.
RE: Close a window? - Dzrte4gle - 2016-07-13
In favourites XML there is no previous window showing. But in python, I have to remove " for it to work. And that's when I get the previous window appearing first. Does favourites XML use a different way in executing an xbmc built-in command? So for the Python it's ReplaceWindow(window,dir) and favourites is ReplaceWindow(window,"dir"
RE: Close a window? - Hitcher - 2016-07-14
Favourites is a dialog so there's always an underlying window.
RE: Close a window? - Andrea1998 - 2023-02-25
(2016-07-12, 13:14)sualfred Wrote: Again, you should read the wikiI saw that in the wiki there is no command to close a specific window, ex:
http://kodi.wiki/view/List_of_built-in_functions
-> ActivateWindow(window[,dir,return])
-> ReplaceWindow(window,dir)
if I want to close a window with a specific ID, and this window is not a dialog, the only way to do it I think is the following:
xml:ReplaceWindow(2109, )
(2109 is the ID of the window to close)
Is this the correct way to close a window or is there something I'm missing?
Thank you for your help.
RE: Close a window? - Hitcher - 2023-02-25
No, you need specify the window you want to show after closing (replacing) the current one. You can't just close a window because there would nothing on screen.
RE: Close a window? - Andrea1998 - 2023-02-25
@Hitcher
Ok, thanks for explaining me how it works.