[shedrock]

@shedrock , I have added ExtendedInfo integration for Movies and TV Shows.  It is now on Git.  There is a new setting in Settings, Amber Settings, Advanced to Enable ExtendedInfo.  Please set that to Yes.

In the Movie and TV Show info dialog: 

• You now have a new button "Extended Info" that shows up if you have enabled the option in skin settings.  If you click it, you'll get extended info for the movie or tv show.
  
• For each cast member, if you click (press Enter) on the cast member, you'll get the standard Kodi functionality of looking for that person in the Kodi video database; if you press Down, you'll get extended info for that cast member
  
• For the Director and Writer, if you click (press Enter) on the name, you will get extended info on the person.
  

Please test and let me know if this is what you were looking for.  I have not implemented ExtendedInfo integration yet for Music.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart   

This is awesome. I just tested it and it works great. Two things though. People may now know that they have to use the down arrow (button) to access the Actor ext. info. I guess it is standard in all other skins to bring up the actor image, then you have to select the highlighted username. You can check it in Aeon MQ and other skins. Either way doesn't matter to me though. Also, there is a small black dot or image present in the Bio box of the actor. Other than that, it is awesome!

Shedrock  

@shedrock , thanks for the feedback.  The black dot (it can be a dash depending on the font) is there in the dialog from the ExtendedInfo addon.  I could skin that dialog, but it's a big undertaking that I would rather not take right now.

In terms of the navigation with the actors, what I have found by looking at multiple skins (Estuary, Aeon MQ 8, Aura, Arctic Zephyr 2, Embuary, others) is that they either have one key other than pressing enter (clicking) on the actor image to bring up ExtendedInfo (this is what Estuary does, and what I am doing right now), or they do a lot of code to alter completely the functionality of the cast list and show you a dialog allowing you to choose to search the local library or show Extended Info.  This is because you cannot modify the behavior of onclick for the default cast list in DialogVideoInfo.

I like the approach of showing a dialog, but it's been a little hard for me to follow the code on other skins that can get me there.  I will try some more today, but if it continues to prove difficult (for my skill level), I will leave it as it is now. 

Just wanted you to be aware of the rationale for the design choices I made.

Regards,

Bart 

I appreciate the explanation, but it is not required. I completely understand what you mean. I actually like it the way it is right now, and I really, really look forward to whatever you do next with this great skin.

Shedrock