python:
ui = GUI('script-testwindow.xml', CWD, 'default', '1080i')

Quote:ui = GUI('script-testwindow.xml', CWD, 'default')

python:
xbmc.executebuiltin('Container.SetViewMode(50)')

(2018-05-28, 23:28)ronie Wrote: turns out you now need to set a viewmode, so add this line to onInit(self)

python:
xbmc.executebuiltin('Container.SetViewMode(50)')

..wiki tutorial updated

(2018-05-29, 00:46)smitchell6879 Wrote: Now by setting a viewmode in my mind this is for displaying media, library style containers... what if I want to make a custom settings window that are just a bunch of buttons and text inputs? does the viewmode actually matter.

(2018-05-29, 00:46)smitchell6879 Wrote: Also when playing around with this on kodi 17 I find that if I use getcontrol to set the container, I can add the list to the container but if I use a second getcontrol and add one item, a button, then the button will show but the list does not.

(2018-05-29, 00:46)smitchell6879 Wrote: I my mind the windowxml should work similar to kodi in general.. I should be able to set a templete up per custom page I want, in theory I should be able to have predefined buttons ,list, panel, textbox etc. and then I can customize the look and placement within the xml. Is this correct or am I miss understanding the concept behind this? 

python:
import xbmc

import xbmcgui

import xbmcaddon



ADDON = xbmcaddon.Addon()

CWD = ADDON.getAddonInfo('path').decode('utf-8')



class GUI(xbmcgui.WindowXML):

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):

        self.data = kwargs['optional1']



    def onInit(self):

        xbmc.executebuiltin('Container.SetViewMode(50)')

        listitems = []

        listitem1 = xbmcgui.ListItem('my first item')

        # test = xbmcgui.ControlButton('test')



        listitems.append(listitem1)

        listitem2 = xbmcgui.ListItem('my second item')

        listitems.append(listitem2)

        self.clearList()

        self.cont1 = self.getControl(100)

        # self.butn = self.getControl(200)

        # self.butn.additem(test)

        # self.addControl(test)

        self.cont1.addItems(listitems)

        xbmc.sleep(100)

        self.setFocusId(self.getCurrentContainerId())



if (__name__ == '__main__'):

    ui = GUI('script-testwindow.xml', CWD, 'default', '1080i', True, optional1='some data') # for kodi 18 and up..

    # ui = GUI('script-testwindow.xml', CWD, 'default', '1080i', optional1='some data') # use this line instead for kodi 17 and earlier

    ui.doModal()

    del ui

xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<window>

	<views>50</views>

	<controls>

    <control type="image">

        <posx>0</posx>

        <posy>0</posy>

        <width>1920</width>

        <height>1080</height>

        <texture>background-fallback.png</texture>

      </control>

			<control type="button" id="200">

	      <description>My first button control</description>

	      <left>80</left>

	      <top>60</top>

	      <width>250</width>

	      <height>200</height>

	      <visible>true</visible>

	      <wrapmultiline>true</wrapmultiline>

	      <font>font12</font>

	      <textcolor>FFFFFFFF</textcolor>

	      <focusedcolor>FFFFFFFF</focusedcolor>

	      <disabledcolor>80FFFFFF</disabledcolor>

	      <invalidcolor>FFFFFFFF</invalidcolor>

			</control>

		<control type="list" id="100">

			<left>500</left>

			<top>200</top>

			<width>1000</width>

			<height>500</height>

			<itemlayout height="100" width="1000">

				<control type="label">

					<left>20</left>

					<top>0</top>

					<height>50</height>

					<width>960</width>

					<font>font13</font>

					<label>$INFO[ListItem.Label]</label>

				</control>

			</itemlayout>

			<focusedlayout height="100" width="1000">

				<control type="image">

					<left>0</left>

					<top>0</top>

					<width>1000</width>

					<height>50</height>

					<texture>background-fallback.png</texture>

				</control>

				<control type="label">

					<left>20</left>

					<top>0</top>

					<height>50</height>

					<width>960</width>

					<font>font13</font>

					<label>$INFO[ListItem.Label]</label>

					<textcolor>orange</textcolor>

				</control>

			</focusedlayout>

		</control>

	</controls>

</window>

python:
self.butn = self.getControl(200)

self.butn.setLabel('my first button')

(2018-05-29, 01:56)ronie Wrote: you're mixed up the python WindowXML and Window classes.

for xml based windows, all you need is something like:

python:
self.butn = self.getControl(200)

self.butn.setLabel('my first button')