[MOD] Kiosk Mode

Crookas · 2010-03-24 01:51

Before updating to Camelot (and Confluence) I used a version of the Aeon skin. A feature I found very useful was the “Kiosk Mode” which allowed you to turn off the menus which change the views in the media screens (ie the menu bars that slide out from the left-hand side). Here is a mod I did to bring that functionality to Confluence – once you turn on the setting (SYSTEM-Skin-General) the left slide-out menu will no longer appear when you press left or up. I hope some other people out there find it useful:

[Image: ConfluenceKioskMod.png]

Its not too hard to implement if you know where to look.

STEP 1: Edit custom_SkinSetting_1111.xml (back it up first) and after line 197 add this control:

<control type="radiobutton" id="1010">
<width>750</width>
<height>40</height>
<font>font13</font>
<label>Enable Kiosk Mode (disable slideout menu)</label>
<textcolor>grey2</textcolor>
<focusedcolor>white</focusedcolor>
<texturefocus>MenuItemFO.png</texturefocus>
<texturenofocus>MenuItemNF.png</texturenofocus>
<onclick>Skin.ToggleSetting(kiosk)</onclick>
<selected>Skin.HasSetting(kiosk)</selected>
</control>

STEP 2: Edit MyVideoNav.xml (back it up first) and after line 4 (<views>50,500,501...etc</views>) add the following on a new line:

<visible>!Skin.HasSetting(kiosk)</visible>

STEP 3: Repeat Step 2 for MyMusicNav.xml and MyPics.xml (and to reiterate, back them up first)

Now you can toggle Kiosk Mode on and off by going to SYSTEM > SKIN > GENERAL and its up the top under ‘Miscellaneous’.

Note: This mod also disables the scroll bars - you can still see them, you just can't 'select' them for ultra-fast scrolling.

isamu.dragon · 2010-03-24 09:54

Thanks, can you upload a copy of your mod, for easier use

yiarkyiark · 2010-03-24 16:40

Thank you, really useful.

manemies · 2010-07-11 18:09

I just want to thank Crookas for this fantastic modification in Confluence.
With this Kiosk -mode I can "lock" the views so that the wife and kids don't get confused with different views after accidentally changing them Big Grin

Thanks also for Weirded who mentioned in thread,
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=70128
that you also need to modify the MyVideo.xml. Kiosk mode did not work for me until I modified MyVideo.xml (aswell as MyVideoNav.xml)

Thanks a bunch guys !

xbs08 · 2010-07-18 10:52

Thanks Crookas.
I applied your ideas to my Confluence mod for the Xbox and by putting the visible condition in the slideout menu i have full working scrollbars.

kjlowe · 2010-07-31 10:50

Good tip xbs08. For anybody else I added the <visible> code before lien 157 of MyVideoNav.xml

I never had to make any changes to MyVideo.xml

Code:

..

<include>CommonPageCount</include>

<include>BehindDialogFadeOut</include>

<include>ScrollOffsetLabel</include>

<control type="group">

    <visible>!Skin.HasSetting(kiosk)</visible>

    <animation effect="slide" start="0,0" end="250,0" time="400" tween="quadratic" easing="out" condition="ControlGroup(9000).HasFocus | ControlGroup(9001).HasFocus | Control.HasFocus(8999)">Conditional</animation>

..

drgonzoishere · 2010-08-24 15:23

what editors are you using to edit? ive been using notepad! ha so when you say line 197 does that mean ill have to count down to 197th line?

Cheers,
jamie

Hitcher · 2010-08-24 15:27

Notepad++

drgonzoishere · 2010-08-24 15:36

I stopped been lazy and just did the count, love the kiosk mode, no more confusion when other people are usign it now Wink

David Rad · 2010-12-06 02:46

Hi Crookas, great idea! Can you do a similar mod for PM3.HD as well? I have no idea about programming, but me and plenty of others would appreciate it a lot.

isamu.dragon Posting Freak Posts: 949 Joined: Feb 2009 Reputation: 4 Location: T.A.R.D.I.S.	2010-03-24 09:54 Post: #2 Thanks, can you upload a copy of your mod, for easier use XBMC Server/Client: Database Type: MySQL OS: WIN7 64-Bit/XBMCuntu CPU: i7/Intel Atom (Dual Core) GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTS450/Nvidia Ion RAM: 12GB/2GB (512MB GPU) XBMC Version: Frodo 12.2/XBMCbuntu Frodo 12.2Skin: Aeon Nox
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yiarkyiark Senior Member Posts: 130 Joined: Nov 2008 Reputation: 2 Location: Paris	2010-03-24 16:40 Post: #3 Thank you, really useful.
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xbs08 Posting Freak Posts: 1,298 Joined: May 2008 Reputation: 0 Location: Portugal	2010-07-18 10:52 Post: #5 Thanks Crookas. I applied your ideas to my Confluence mod for the Xbox and by putting the visible condition in the slideout menu i have full working scrollbars. www.xbmc4xbox.org
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drgonzoishere Junior Member Posts: 8 Joined: Aug 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-08-24 15:23 Post: #7 what editors are you using to edit? ive been using notepad! ha so when you say line 197 does that mean ill have to count down to 197th line? Cheers, jamie
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Hitcher Skilled Skinner Posts: 9,935 Joined: Aug 2007 Reputation: 67 Location: Eastleigh, UK	2010-08-24 15:27 Post: #8 Notepad++
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drgonzoishere Junior Member Posts: 8 Joined: Aug 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-08-24 15:36 Post: #9 I stopped been lazy and just did the count, love the kiosk mode, no more confusion when other people are usign it now
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David Rad Junior Member Posts: 6 Joined: Dec 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-12-06 02:46 Post: #10 Hi Crookas, great idea! Can you do a similar mod for PM3.HD as well? I have no idea about programming, but me and plenty of others would appreciate it a lot.
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