[Dumyat]

Doesn't most remote apps feature media buttons? (Red,blue,green,yellow)? Does PTVL ignore those commands from apps?
Unfortunately keyboard won't have commands to open menus.

Official Kodi Android remote doesn't have coloured media buttons, which I've tried and neither does the Yatse remote which is one of most popular and currently using. However, both support short-cuts to movies, Tv shows, Music, pictures....
If no coloured media buttons actually exist, I take it there is no alternative to access these options?

You can use the keymap plugin, and remap a button on your keyboard? maybe a function button?

Aye, that's certainly a possibility to map that way, but I guess I was hoping because I'm lazy not to have to use a keyboard Actually, until I saw the colours added to these options recently, I had probably just assumed (incorrectly it looks like) that you would just scroll to the first channel in the EPG, then be able to up arrow to these options.....
Will take a look at the keymap plugin and see how I get on....