Default menu item in Home Window

Sundance · 2011-10-17 18:08

I am still hanging with this issue unresolved. Anyone can help?

Sundance · 2011-10-21 19:48

Ok, I figured it out. So here are the instructions of how to change the default main menu item.

1)
It is important to know which file you have to edit. For each of the different performance settings of Aeon MQ you need to edit a different XML file. All these files reside in:
\User\<you>\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\skin.aeonmq.2\720p

Lite mode -> Includes_LiteMainMenu.xml
Compact mode -> Includes_FastMainMenu.xml
Normal mode -> Includes_NormalMainMenu.xml
Full mode -> Includes_MainMenu.xml

2)
Open the file and navigate to the container <control type="wraplist" id="300"> at about line 28. Compare the following collapsed code view:

Code:

<includes>

   <include name="FastMainMenu">

      <control type="button" id="330">

      <control type="button" id="330">

      <control type="button" id="331">

      <control type="button" id="330">

      [b][i]<control type="wraplist" id="300">[/i][/b]

3)
There are two sub-containers in there that are important for the default focused main menu item.

The main menu always shows three items. Usually the middle one is focused. But you can also focus the one the left or the one on the right. This is done by the setting:

Code:

<focusposition>2</focusposition>

1 = Left item
2 = Middle item
3 = Right item

Which item is focused (independently from its position) is defined by the sequence of the menu items that you find in the <content> container, a few lines below the <focusposition>. In the <content> container there is one <item> container for each main menu item, whether disabled or not in your configuration. The sequence of these item containers defines the default focus. It is always the third enabled item from the top.

Look at this sample:

Code:

<content>

    <item id="1"><!--music-->

    <item id="1"><!--music-->

    <item id="1"><!--music-->

    <item id="1"><!--music-->

    <item id="2"><!--games-->

    <item id="2"><!--games (launcher)-->

    <item id="3"><!--cinema experience-->

    <item id="4"><!--pseudotv-->

    <item id="5"><!--pictures-->

    <item id="6"><!--movies-->

    <item id="7"><!--tvshows-->

    <item id="8"><!--videos-->

    ...

In my configuration I have enabled "Music", "Pictures", "Movies", "TV Shows" and "Videos". That makes "Movies" the third enabled item in the above list. It will be the default focus in the main menu. If you want "Videos" your default focus, copy the videos item container and move it above the movies container.

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Ok, I hope this is explaining it sufficiently so you can play around with your main menu settings.

Best regards,
Sundance

Sundance Junior Member Posts: 27 Joined: May 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-10-17 18:08 Post: #11 I am still hanging with this issue unresolved. Anyone can help?
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