Index: GUIListControl.cs
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--- GUIListControl.cs	(revision 26565)
+++ GUIListControl.cs	(working copy)
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@
     protected int _lastSearchItem = 0;
     protected bool _enableSMSsearch = true;
 
+    private DateTime _scrollTimer = DateTime.Now;
+    protected string _scrollDirection = "";
+
     public GUIListControl(int dwParentID)
       : base(dwParentID) { }
 
@@ -628,6 +631,10 @@
 
     protected virtual void RenderLabel(float timePassed, int buttonNr, int dwPosX, int dwPosY, bool gotFocus)
     {
+      GUIListItem scrollItem = SelectedListItem;
+      string firstChar = scrollItem.Label.Substring(0, 1).ToUpper();
+      GUIPropertyManager.SetProperty("#selecteditem.firstchar", firstChar);
+
       GUIListItem pItem = _listItems[buttonNr + _offset];
       long dwColor = _textColor;
       if (pItem.Shaded)
@@ -1054,6 +1061,17 @@
 
       RenderScrollbar(timePassed, dwPosY);
 
+      TimeSpan ts = DateTime.Now - _scrollTimer;
+      if (ts.TotalMilliseconds < 100) //how close keypresses should be, before they trigger the label showing
+      {
+        GUIPropertyManager.SetProperty("#scrolling." + _scrollDirection, "yes");
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        GUIPropertyManager.SetProperty("#scrolling.up", "no");
+        GUIPropertyManager.SetProperty("#scrolling.down", "no");
+      }
+
       if (Focus)
       {
         GUIPropertyManager.SetProperty("#highlightedbutton", string.Empty);
@@ -2411,6 +2429,8 @@
       action.wID = Action.ActionType.ACTION_MOVE_UP;
       if (_listType == ListType.CONTROL_LIST)
       {
+        _scrollDirection = "up";
+        _scrollTimer = DateTime.Now;
         if ((_cursorX > _scrollStartOffset) || ((_cursorX > 0) && (_offset == 0)))
         {
           _cursorX--;
@@ -2479,6 +2499,8 @@
       action.wID = Action.ActionType.ACTION_MOVE_DOWN;
       if (_listType == ListType.CONTROL_LIST)
       {
+        _scrollDirection = "down";
+        _scrollTimer = DateTime.Now;
         if ((_cursorX + 1 + _scrollStartOffset < _itemsPerPage) ||
             (_offset + 1 + _cursorX + _scrollStartOffset >= _listItems.Count))
         {