2016-03-23, 21:45
We've all been there Mike, and I'm kind of relieved in a way as I had absolutely no clue what might have been causing the issue
The script makes a clear definition between menu items and widgets. Menu items are static shortcuts to different areas of Kodi, widgets are dynamically filled lists. So there's no way for a submenu to be filled as a widget would be (unless the skin uses the widget implementation for its submenus...)
The closest you'll get is to create a shortcut to the Extended Info script - 'Choose item for menu' or 'Change action' >> 'Add-On >' >> 'Video Add-On >' >> 'ExtendedInfo Script >' >> [Whatever the appropriate node then is] >> 'Create shortcut to here'.
I don't currently have Library Data Provider installed to know if it shows up under video add-ons itself. Same situation with Skin Helper Service, though my memory is that that one does show up. If they do, you can do it the same way for a shortcut to their content. If not, you can grab the relevant path out of your skins overrides.xml file and use a custom action.
(Or you could ask Mr. V really nicely if he wants to extend his widgets to also act as submenus )
The script makes a clear definition between menu items and widgets. Menu items are static shortcuts to different areas of Kodi, widgets are dynamically filled lists. So there's no way for a submenu to be filled as a widget would be (unless the skin uses the widget implementation for its submenus...)
The closest you'll get is to create a shortcut to the Extended Info script - 'Choose item for menu' or 'Change action' >> 'Add-On >' >> 'Video Add-On >' >> 'ExtendedInfo Script >' >> [Whatever the appropriate node then is] >> 'Create shortcut to here'.
I don't currently have Library Data Provider installed to know if it shows up under video add-ons itself. Same situation with Skin Helper Service, though my memory is that that one does show up. If they do, you can do it the same way for a shortcut to their content. If not, you can grab the relevant path out of your skins overrides.xml file and use a custom action.
(Or you could ask Mr. V really nicely if he wants to extend his widgets to also act as submenus )