Options-Hide-Feature - Printable Version

Options-Hide-Feature - Printable Version

+- Kodi Community Forum (https://forum.kodi.tv)
+-- Forum: Support (https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=33)
+--- Forum: Skins Support (https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=67)
+---- Forum: Skin Archive (https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=179)
+----- Forum: Back Row (https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=127)
+----- Thread: Options-Hide-Feature (/showthread.php?tid=75602)

Pages: 1 2

Options-Hide-Feature - ubuntuf4n - 2010-06-14

Hi,

While navigating through the libraries I experienced that there should be some kind of an Option-Hide-Feature. Smile

For example, in this view it would be very nice if there wouldn't pop-up the Options-Menu while pushing the direction-button to left/right.

The overall navigating could became smoother because of the hidden menu.
Furthermore there are a lot of people which do not use this popup-menu.

This could be divided into twoe different Levels (in the skin-settings).

Level 1:
Only Several Viewtypes are hidden, for quicker changing of them.

Level 2:
The complete Menu is hidden.
(This one should be easier to handle)

An addition we could also see this hidden-feature as some kind of Lock-Feature, which don't let other people accidentially change any of the viewtype-option etc. Friends/Family-Members/Strangers will be able to use the entire skin in a very flawless way and as mentioned it is a very big plus in case of navigating.

Regards, Laugh

Ubuntuf4n

- djdafreund - 2010-06-15

It's supposed to be that way by nature. You'll notice every skin out there also does this. And it's so you can switch between library/file mode and different views on the fly, which a lot of people do use. In addition to using the Search "big one here". Plus, there's nothing bad someone could do with these settings. I don't know if Sharpe knows if it's an option or not as far as being able to toggle these option screen's on/off, but will definitely not be removed as it's a big functionality of xbmc within the mode's as far as usage.

- ubuntuf4n - 2010-06-15

No, there is a misunderstood, I would like to see an option to hide it (invisible).
Nothing to do with the removing. :-)

- ubuntuf4n - 2010-07-02

Bump..... Smile

- djdafreund - 2010-07-02

It's possible there was no answer yet because there were currently no solutions of going about doing this currently. Just a thought. :rolleyes2:

It's a nice idea, but some things might not be possible at a skin level. But if it is, i'm sure Sharpe might know of a way. Don't you have something SIMILAR through the use of profile's and controls? It's been ages since i personally messed with profile's.

- mcborzu - 2010-07-02

You can't have that feature XBMC wide but skin-wise you can have a Kiosk mode which is the same. My skin, Alaska and maybe some version of Aeon has a Kiosk mode:

I hid everything but context menu with:

Quote:<visible allowhiddenfocus="true">ControlGroup(7000).HasFocus + !Skin.HasSetting(LockViews)</visible>

Skin.HasSetting(LockViews) is what I use for the Kiosk skin setting. I use it on the relevant parts like the view options and dialogvideoinfo. The thing profiles wont take away is view options and thats probably the area most spouses/not techies get into trouble...

- ubuntuf4n - 2010-07-02

Thanks mcborzu!

Such a Kiosk-Mode is exactly what I am looking for. Big Grin

Would be very nice, if anyone from the Backrow-Team could implement this code.

- djdafreund - 2010-07-02

Ah, gotcha. Well, if Sharpe gets a chance and wants to add this, it's his choice with coding. I just do graphics editing/design.

- Sharpe - 2010-07-02

kiosk mode - ok I'll add this.

- ubuntuf4n - 2010-07-02

Big thx:::: Big Grin

- Sharpe - 2010-07-03

It's been added - cheers

- ubuntuf4n - 2010-07-03

Sharpe,

Great work. Big Grin

I noticed this...

movies:

Standard-View