[haiiyaa]

Hi,

I was wondering if there is a way to program a key on my remote to take me directly to the home screen, regardless of where I am. I looked at the Global Keyboard page on wiki, and I don't see a keyboard entry for this functionality, so i am not sure if this is possible.

Thanks

[live4ever]

XBMC.ActivateWindow(Home)

http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Keymap.xml

[jhsrennie]

Which key do you want to take you to the Home screen? I can post a keyboard.xml to add this mapping for you. As live4ever says, you need the action "ActivateWindow(Home)" - the "XBMC." is optional.

If you use windows grab KeyMapEdit from http://xbmcmce.sourceforge.net/. This makes editing key mappings a lot easier.

JR

[haiiyaa]

XBMC.ActivateWindow(Home)

http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Keymap.xml

Thanks! that did it.

[JDXL]

Which key do you want to take you to the Home screen? I can post a keyboard.xml to add this mapping for you. As live4ever says, you need the action "ActivateWindow(Home)" - the "XBMC." is optional.

If you use windows grab KeyMapEdit from http://xbmcmce.sourceforge.net/. This makes editing key mappings a lot easier.

JR

Sorry to resurrect this ancient post, but I am having trouble getting my head around all this keymapping stuff, even after following the links and reading carefully. If you're still around, could you possibly post that xml for me? I want to bind "ActivateWindow(Home)" to "/".

[artrafael]

Sorry to resurrect this ancient post, but I am having trouble getting my head around all this keymapping stuff, even after following the links and reading carefully. If your still around, could you possibly post that xml for me? i want to bind "ActivateWindow(Home)"to "/".

Welcome to the XBMC forums.

Something like this:

Code:

<keymap>
  <global>
    <keyboard>
      <forwardslash>ActivateWindow(Home)</forwardslash>
      :  (any other global mappings, as needed)
    </keyboard>
  </global>
  :  (any other non-global mappings, as needed)
</keymap>

[JDXL]

Thank you very much, for the welcome and for the xml. I've been at this xbmc thing since the xbmp days on the old xbox, and I've never needed to ask for help until now. Longtime lurker, solving issues by looking for answers. Now running multiple xbmc htpc builds, boxee boxes and a couple of wdtv's (not to mention Harmony remotes). I wont be shy to ask again, muchas gracias!