[n2vwz]

This is a request to restore the previous functionality by removing or provide a simple method of disabling “Long-Press” code.

Unlikely to be changed, to be honest. With my USB keyboard the old default behaviour is actually quite unusable (due to additive seeking) and you'll zip right to the start/end before you've managed to lift your finger from the keyboard, so I can see why the mapping has been altered.

However it's quite easy to create your own custom keyboard mapping in /storage/.kodi/userdata/keyboard.xml that will revert the change:

Code:

<keymap>
  <FullscreenVideo>
    <keyboard>
      <left mod="longpress"></left>
      <right mod="longpress"></right>
    </keyboard>
  </FullscreenVideo>

  <Visualisation>
    <keyboard>
      <left mod="longpress"></left>
      <right mod="longpress"></right>
    </keyboard>
  </Visualisation>
</keymap>

I previously tried something similar from an example in the keymap wiki:

Code:

<keymap>
  <global>
    <keyboard>
      <left mod="longpress"></left>
      <right mod="longpress"></right>
    </keyboard>
  </global>
</keymap>

This didn't work for me. Don't know why, but I'm very curious as to why it didn't.
I will try your version.

With my USB keyboard the old default behaviour is actually quite unusable (due to additive seeking) and you'll zip right to the start/end before you've managed to lift your finger from the keyboard, so I can see why the mapping has been altered.

I'm using a Flirc USB Receiver programmed with keyboard codes with a Popcornhour IR remote. The old behavior works quite well for me. The Keyboard timing is different from the from the remote. That may be the reason it didn't work well for you.