Hi Everyone,
There are 2 features reported in the main Aeon MQ8 thread that a fix was developed for but was not officially implemented. I have been making these mods manually with each update and I'm hoping they can be integrated into the Aeon MQ8 Multi-Mod as I think others may find them useful.
The first will lock down the Widget Selector when the Smart Kiosk feature is turned on. This is really handy when you have many people using your HTPC as they will at some point push the up arrow at the main menu and bring up the confusing Widget Selector. They will probably turn on some widgets accidentally and not know what they did. This code has never really worked right for me in the official Aeon MQ8, as the original code only locks down the widget selector when a Kiosk Code is set. The Kiosk Code feature has never worked for me though, and always freezes Kodi. However, you don't necessarily want a code window popping up if someone pushes the arrow combination as this will also cause confusion. The change below will make it so that absolutely nothing will happen if Smart Kiosk is turned on and someone pushes Up at the main menu. This will make your HTPC more "idiot proof". The Widget Selector will not pop-up and neither will the code window if the Kiosk Code feature is off. If the Kiosk Code feature is on, then it should pop up the Code Window (however like I said, this feature has never worked for me even in the official Aeon MQ8).
To make this mod, search for <!-- Vai para widgets --> in Home.xml and replace the section with this code.
The second mod will fade out the furniture on the Music Visualisation screen after 10 seconds of song playback. Not sure why this was never officially implemented as many people like a clean visualisation screen and don't want potential image burn-in on their TV. There are 3 sections that need to be changed in MusicVisualisation.xml to make this mod.
Locate the sections <!-- layout estilo 1 -->, <!-- layout estilo 2 --> and <!-- Layout 3 --> in the file MusicVisualisation.xml. Notice each section has this code near the top of the section:
For all 3 sections, insert the following lines just before the above code:
So each of the 3 sections should now start like this:
Hope this is useful and can be implemented in the Multi-Mod.
There are 2 features reported in the main Aeon MQ8 thread that a fix was developed for but was not officially implemented. I have been making these mods manually with each update and I'm hoping they can be integrated into the Aeon MQ8 Multi-Mod as I think others may find them useful.
The first will lock down the Widget Selector when the Smart Kiosk feature is turned on. This is really handy when you have many people using your HTPC as they will at some point push the up arrow at the main menu and bring up the confusing Widget Selector. They will probably turn on some widgets accidentally and not know what they did. This code has never really worked right for me in the official Aeon MQ8, as the original code only locks down the widget selector when a Kiosk Code is set. The Kiosk Code feature has never worked for me though, and always freezes Kodi. However, you don't necessarily want a code window popping up if someone pushes the arrow combination as this will also cause confusion. The change below will make it so that absolutely nothing will happen if Smart Kiosk is turned on and someone pushes Up at the main menu. This will make your HTPC more "idiot proof". The Widget Selector will not pop-up and neither will the code window if the Kiosk Code feature is off. If the Kiosk Code feature is on, then it should pop up the Code Window (however like I said, this feature has never worked for me even in the official Aeon MQ8).
To make this mod, search for <!-- Vai para widgets --> in Home.xml and replace the section with this code.
xml:
<!-- Vai para widgets -->
<control type="button" id="8001">
<include>invisible</include>
<onfocus>SetFocus(9000)</onfocus>
<onfocus>Skin.SetString(backgroundcopy,$INFO[Container(9000).ListItem.Icon])</onfocus>
<onfocus>Skin.SetString(menulabel,$INFO[Container(9000).ListItem.Property(name)])</onfocus>
<onfocus condition="![String.IsEmpty(Container(9000).ListItem.Property(widgets)) | String.IsEmpty(Container(510).ListItem(1).Label)]">SetFocus(510)</onfocus>
<!-- Mod to lock down Widgets Selector when Smart Kiosk is enabled START -->
<onfocus condition="[String.IsEmpty(Container(9000).ListItem.Property(widgets)) | String.IsEmpty(Container(510).ListItem(1).Label)] + !Skin.HasSetting(kiosksmart) + !Skin.HasSetting(kioskcode)">ActivateWindow(1171)</onfocus>
<onfocus condition="[String.IsEmpty(Container(9000).ListItem.Property(widgets)) | String.IsEmpty(Container(510).ListItem(1).Label)] + Skin.HasSetting(kiosksmart) + Skin.HasSetting(kioskcode)">SetFocus(8011)</onfocus>
<!-- Mod to lock down Widgets Selector when Smart Kiosk is enabled END -->
</control>
The second mod will fade out the furniture on the Music Visualisation screen after 10 seconds of song playback. Not sure why this was never officially implemented as many people like a clean visualisation screen and don't want potential image burn-in on their TV. There are 3 sections that need to be changed in MusicVisualisation.xml to make this mod.
Locate the sections <!-- layout estilo 1 -->, <!-- layout estilo 2 --> and <!-- Layout 3 --> in the file MusicVisualisation.xml. Notice each section has this code near the top of the section:
xml:
<left>0</left>
<top>1160</top>
For all 3 sections, insert the following lines just before the above code:
xml:
<!-- Mod for furniture fadeout after 10 seconds START -->
<visible>[Player.ShowInfo | Window.IsActive(MusicOSD) | !Visualisation.Enabled] + ![Window.IsVisible(AddonSettings) | Window.IsVisible(SelectDialog) | Window.IsVisible(VisualisationPresetList)]</visible>
<animation effect="fade" time="500">VisibleChange</animation>
<!-- Mod for furniture fadeout after 10 seconds END -->
So each of the 3 sections should now start like this:
xml:
<control type="group">
<!-- Mod for furniture fadeout after 10 seconds START -->
<visible>[Player.ShowInfo | Window.IsActive(MusicOSD) | !Visualisation.Enabled] + ![Window.IsVisible(AddonSettings) | Window.IsVisible(SelectDialog) | Window.IsVisible(VisualisationPresetList)]</visible>
<animation effect="fade" time="500">VisibleChange</animation>
<!-- Mod for furniture fadeout after 10 seconds END -->
<left>0</left>
<top>1160</top>
Hope this is useful and can be implemented in the Multi-Mod.
