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How do I find IDs for menu elements? - FlyveHest - 2025-01-02
I am trying to write a small script that will "reset" KODI to the homescreen, with the "Movies" menu item selected, but I can't for the life of me get it to work.
I am using the built-in function "ActivateWindowAndFocus", and have dived into the estuary skin code, but haven't been able to determine the ID of the "Movies" element in the menu.
Is there a way to enable some form of debugging so I can see the IDs of windows / elements while navigating of in the debug log?
RE: How do I find IDs for menu elements? - jjd-uk - 2025-01-02
You want the action Skin.ToggleDebug() for example I have it within my keymap as
xml:<F8>Skin.ToggleDebug()</F8>
This will give you an overlay and Focused will show the ID of the currently selected control.
RE: How do I find IDs for menu elements? - FlyveHest - 2025-01-02
That was exactly it, thanks a lot for the prompt help, i've bound the action as well, for future tinkering
RE: How do I find IDs for menu elements? - scott967 - 2025-01-16
Just keep in mind that builtin works for skin (xml) ids, but doesn't give useful results for Kodi internal ids.
scott s.
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