How do I change BasicHome buttons??

[Jeditrav]

Hi,

on the Basic Home screen, with Music highlighted, there are three buttons/tabs below - Last.fm, Current Playlist, Radio. I would like to change the 'Last.fm' tab to 'Play CD' so I don't have to delve into the music menu just to hit the 'Play CD' button/tab in there. I've looked at the xml file, played around in the last.fm 'area' of the file - didn't work ;-)
Any help, tips, pointers, clearly detailed instructions would be most appreciated.

Cheers for all the good work!

[risu]

So you take BasicHome.xml

Find

<!-- Sub controls *****

And there you have controls. There are two fields you need to modify for each sublink:

1. <label> - in this you can type the name which shows up on button OR you can insert number for translated string

2. <hyperlink> - here you have to put correct ID for wanted action. There was a Wiki page which listed most common MP plugin ID's but I can't find it. You probably get a clue of correct ID by looking at Plugin on MP configuration.

If you just rearrange buttons you can swap hyperlink-entries with labels to other positions.

[Jeditrav]

Hi,

yeah, this didn't work for me - it's what I tried originally (and again just now), doesn't work.

Not sure what exactly you meant by Find '<!-- Sub controls *****'; I've taken the following section from basichome.xml

<control>
<description>Music submenu 1</description>
<type>button</type>
<id>606</id>
<posX>284</posX>
<posY>658</posY>
<width>250</width>
<height>40</height>
<textalign>center</textalign>
<textureFocus>subleft_focus.png</textureFocus>
<textureNoFocus>subleft_nofocus.png</textureNoFocus>
<visible>Control.HasFocus(3)|Control.HasFocus(33)| Control.HasFocus(606)|Control.HasFocus(607)|Contro l.HasFocus(611)</visible>
<label>last fm radio</label>
<hyperlink>7890</hyperlink>
<font>font14</font>
<textcolor>ffffffff</textcolor>
<textcolorNoFocus>ffffffff</textcolorNoFocus>
<textYOff>1</textYOff>
<textXOff>40</textXOff>
<onup>3</onup>
<ondown>606</ondown>
<onleft>606</onleft>
<onright>607</onright>
<animation effect="fade" time="300">Visible</animation>
<animation effect="fade" time="400">WindowOpen</animation>
<animation effect="fade" time="400">WindowClose</animation>
</control>


I've changed the label to 'Play CD' and the hyperlink to '890' (value taken from strings_en.xml) so the sections looks as follows

<control>
<description>Music submenu 1</description>
<type>button</type>
<id>606</id>
<posX>284</posX>
<posY>658</posY>
<width>250</width>
<height>40</height>
<textalign>center</textalign>
<textureFocus>subleft_focus.png</textureFocus>
<textureNoFocus>subleft_nofocus.png</textureNoFocus>
<visible>Control.HasFocus(3)|Control.HasFocus(33)| Control.HasFocus(606)|Control.HasFocus(607)|Contro l.HasFocus(611)</visible>
<label>Play CD</label>
<hyperlink>890</hyperlink>
<font>font14</font>
<textcolor>ffffffff</textcolor>
<textcolorNoFocus>ffffffff</textcolorNoFocus>
<textYOff>1</textYOff>
<textXOff>40</textXOff>
<onup>3</onup>
<ondown>606</ondown>
<onleft>606</onleft>
<onright>607</onright>
<animation effect="fade" time="300">Visible</animation>
<animation effect="fade" time="400">WindowOpen</animation>
<animation effect="fade" time="400">WindowClose</animation>
</control>


But nothing happens - when I use the remote to highlight 'Play CD' on the submenu, the screen flicks and resets basichome.
I wonder if a 'Hyperlink' is what I want in there? 'Play CD' is more of an action to be taken rather than a page to be linked to.
Also wondering about '<id>606</id>' - does this number need to be changed??
Any thoughts??

Cheers

[risu]

Originally Posted by Jeditrav

Not sure what exactly you meant by Find '<!-- Sub controls *****'

Just meant that submenu structures are listed below that line.

Originally Posted by Jeditrav

I've changed the label to 'Play CD' and the hyperlink to '890' (value taken from strings_en.xml) so the sections looks as follows

<control>
<description>Music submenu 1</description>
<type>button</type>
<id>606</id>
<posX>284</posX>
<posY>658</posY>
<width>250</width>
<height>40</height>
<textalign>center</textalign>
<textureFocus>subleft_focus.png</textureFocus>
<textureNoFocus>subleft_nofocus.png</textureNoFocus>
<visible>Control.HasFocus(3)|Control.HasFocus(33)| Control.HasFocus(606)|Control.HasFocus(607)|Contro l.HasFocus(611)</visible>
<label>Play CD</label>
<hyperlink>890</hyperlink>
<font>font14</font>
<textcolor>ffffffff</textcolor>
<textcolorNoFocus>ffffffff</textcolorNoFocus>
<textYOff>1</textYOff>
<textXOff>40</textXOff>
<onup>3</onup>
<ondown>606</ondown>
<onleft>606</onleft>
<onright>607</onright>
<animation effect="fade" time="300">Visible</animation>
<animation effect="fade" time="400">WindowOpen</animation>
<animation effect="fade" time="400">WindowClose</animation>
</control>

That id is for skin use only I guess. Label and hyperlink are the only thing you need to mod here. 890 you found on string-file is just for translation. So you can actually put it on label like this:

<label>890</label>

and it'll do the same thing. You still need to find correct ID for your function. I found one document but like you guessed already it doesn't work as it's a button you want to map. You can only open actual xml-pages via hyperlinks, not make actions placed on pages. Anyways I found the page I was referring before and here it is:

MediaPortal1 Development/SkinArchitecture/window id - MediaPortal Wiki Documentation

[furnibird]

I have managed to change the basichome buttons to other hyperlinks but the problem i am having is that i added a 3rd button to the video icon of the Foofaraw skin so it has my tv shows / trailers / videos (i changed the main icon to go to my films which works) but it will not let me select the new video button with the remote and i can use the mouse but it fades very fast.The link worked but i cant select it. to add this button i just copy/paste the trailer button info and changed the links. Am new to MP and new to xml any help would be great.
I want to set up the homebasic screen with more buttons so i dont have to go to the hover screen. Thanks