[ubuntuf4n]

Hi,

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

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,
Ubuntuf4n

[djdafreund]

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]

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

[ubuntuf4n]

Bump.....

[djdafreund]

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]

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:

<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]

Thanks mcborzu!

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

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

[djdafreund]

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]

kiosk mode - ok I'll add this.

[ubuntuf4n]

Big thx::::

[Sharpe]

It's been added - cheers

[ubuntuf4n]

Sharpe,

Great work.

I noticed this...

movies:

Standard-View



Press Left (Quick-Scroll-Bar)



Freezed, no button press possible



Should be back to standard after pressing left on scroll bar

[ubuntuf4n]

tvshows....

Standard-View



Freezed, no button pressing possible



Should be like this (now right banner focused)



Would be cool, if you could check this..

Best Regards & many Thanks,
ubuntuf4n

[ubuntuf4n]

maybe mcborzu has the idea... ?

[Sharpe]

lol - maybe he does!

I'm not quite sure what you're asking is all.