[kenmills]

Hi all,

I am trying to setup a very custom Kodi build (for grand parents) that has literally NO extra options to click on.

I have got it quite stripped down but I am a little stuck on how to disable the "Add to favourites" in the global context menu.

I am using Kodi 16.1 and the Xonfluence skin. It does not seem to be related to the skin, so I thought I would check in the general forum.

Any advice on how to do this would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,
Ken

[Martijn]

you can't

[kenmills]

you can't

Hey Martijn,

Thanks for your quick reply!

I am not looking for an easy answer by selecting a radio button, I am not worried about editing XML etc. There must be a way to edit a file to remove the right click (context) choices.

This is codeing, anything can be done :-)

I found the entry for it in the addons\resource.language.en_gb\resources\strings.po:

#: xbmc/windows/GUIMediaWindow.cpp
#: xbmc/windows/GUIWindowFileManager.cpp
msgctxt "#14076"
msgid "Add to favourites"
msgstr ""

I assume that in previous versions of Kodi, I could edit the GUIMediaWindow.cpp file, but in this version it has been deprecated.

I have been unable to fine which file calls the msgctxt "#14076"

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Ken

[ronie]

music/windows/GUIWindowMusicPlaylist.cpp:

Code:

buttons.Add(CONTEXT_BUTTON_ADD_FAVOURITE, 14076);     // Add To Favourites;

video/windows/GUIWindowVideoPlaylist.cpp:

Code:

buttons.Add(CONTEXT_BUTTON_ADD_FAVOURITE, 14076);     // Add To Favourites;

windows/GUIWindowFileManager.cpp:

Code:

choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNFAVOURITES,  XFILE::CFavouritesDirectory::IsFavourite(pItem.get(), GetID()) ? 14077 : 14076); // Add/Remove Favourite

windows/GUIMediaWindow.cpp:

Code:

buttons.Add(CONTEXT_BUTTON_ADD_FAVOURITE, 14076);     // Add To Favourites;

[kenmills]

music/windows/GUIWindowMusicPlaylist.cpp:

Code:

buttons.Add(CONTEXT_BUTTON_ADD_FAVOURITE, 14076);     // Add To Favourites;

video/windows/GUIWindowVideoPlaylist.cpp:

Code:

buttons.Add(CONTEXT_BUTTON_ADD_FAVOURITE, 14076);     // Add To Favourites;

windows/GUIWindowFileManager.cpp:

Code:

choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNFAVOURITES,  XFILE::CFavouritesDirectory::IsFavourite(pItem.get(), GetID()) ? 14077 : 14076); // Add/Remove Favourite

windows/GUIMediaWindow.cpp:

Code:

buttons.Add(CONTEXT_BUTTON_ADD_FAVOURITE, 14076);     // Add To Favourites;

Thanks ronie for your fast reply!

This folder structure doesn't seem to be present in Kodi 16.1, unless I am missing something?

I am on Android, and checking the following folders:

/usr/share/kodi
/storage/.kodi

Cheers,
Ken

[Martijn]

You need to change the source code and recompile

[kenmills]

You need to change the source code and recompile

Ah, darn, I was hoping that wouldn't be the case. Oh well, I'm off to recompile. I was going to move them over to LibreELEC anyways. Now would be a good time to do that, since I need to recompile anyways.

Do you know which file(s) specifically that I need to edit? That would probably save me a load of time.

Thanks!
Ken

[ronie]

Do you know which file(s) specifically that I need to edit? That would probably save me a load of time.

the files in my reply above ;-)

[kenmills]

AHA!!!!

Lol, thanks to you both!!!

Ken

[Ned Scott]

Why not just remove the context menu from keymaps?

[kenmills]

Hey Ned!

While that is a simple and elegant solution, they want to be able to use functions like mark as watched and mark as unwatched.

Cheers,
Ken

[Martijn]

you can use the "w" key for that if that solves it

[kenmills]

Hi all,

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I am recompiling Kodi and could use some advice.

In the file windows/GUIWindowFileManager.cpp how would I edit to get rid of the "Add to favourites", just comment out the lines, like this?

CContextButtons choices;
if (item >= 0)
{
//The ".." item is not selectable. Take that into account when figuring out if all items are selected
int notSelectable = CSettings::GetInstance().GetBool(CSettings::SETTING_FILELISTS_SHOWPARENTDIRITEMS) ? 1 : 0;
if (NumSelected(list) < m_vecItems

• ->Size() - notSelectable)
  choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNSELECTALL, 188); // SelectAll
  // if (!pItem->IsParentFolder())
  // choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNFAVOURITES, XFILE::CFavouritesDirectory::IsFavourite(pItem.get(), GetID()) ? 14077 : 14076); // Add/Remove Favourite
  if (players.size() > 1)
  choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNPLAYWITH, 15213);
  if (CanRename(list) && !pItem->IsParentFolder())
  choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNRENAME, 118);
  if (CanDelete(list) && showEntry)
  choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNDELETE, 117);
  if (CanCopy(list) && showEntry)
  choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNCOPY, 115);
  if (CanMove(list) && showEntry)
  choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNMOVE, 116);
  }
  if (CanNewFolder(list))
  choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNNEWFOLDER, 20309);
  if (item >= 0 && pItem->m_bIsFolder && !pItem->IsParentFolder())
  choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNCALCSIZE, 13393);
  choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNSWITCHMEDIA, 523);
  if (CJobManager::GetInstance().IsProcessing("filemanager"))
  choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNCANCELJOB, 167);
  
  
  Thanks!!

[kenmills]

Wiuld also need to comment out the few lines a bit further down?

if (CanNewFolder(list))
choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNNEWFOLDER, 20309);
if (item >= 0 && pItem->m_bIsFolder && !pItem->IsParentFolder())
choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNCALCSIZE, 13393);
choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNSWITCHMEDIA, 523);
if (CJobManager::GetInstance().IsProcessing("filemanager"))
choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNCANCELJOB, 167);

int btnid = CGUIDialogContextMenu::ShowAndGetChoice(choices);
if (btnid == CONTROL_BTNSELECTALL)
{
OnSelectAll(list);
bDeselect=false;
}
// if (btnid == CONTROL_BTNFAVOURITES)
// {
// XFILE::CFavouritesDirectory::AddOrRemove(pItem.get(), GetID());
// return;
}
if (btnid == CONTROL_BTNPLAYWITH)
{
std::vector<std:tring>players;
CPlayerCoreFactory::GetInstance().GetPlayers(*pItem, players);
std:tring player = CPlayerCoreFactory::GetInstance().SelectPlayerDialog(players);
if (!player.empty())
OnStart(pItem.get(), player);

[kenmills]

music/windows/GUIWindowMusicPlaylist.cpp:

Code:

buttons.Add(CONTEXT_BUTTON_ADD_FAVOURITE, 14076); // Add To Favourites;

video/windows/GUIWindowVideoPlaylist.cpp:

Code:

buttons.Add(CONTEXT_BUTTON_ADD_FAVOURITE, 14076); // Add To Favourites;

windows/GUIWindowFileManager.cpp:

Code:

choices.Add(CONTROL_BTNFAVOURITES, XFILE::CFavouritesDirectory::IsFavourite(pItem.get(), GetID()) ? 14077 : 14076); // Add/Remove Favourite

windows/GUIMediaWindow.cpp:

Code:

buttons.Add(CONTEXT_BUTTON_ADD_FAVOURITE, 14076); // Add To Favourites;

 Hey mate!  Resurrecting an old thread.  I assume the location of the files needed to remove Add to Favourites has changed in Leia?  DO you happen to know where they are?

Thanks!!
Ken