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Started on: 2013-06-07
Last update: 2013-06-07

The MyMenu plugin is very useful, but its major flaw is that it can only be accessed by pressing Ctrl+L on the keyboard. It has no way of being activated by remote. The current workaround for this is to use an external program such as IRSS to detect a remote keypress and map it to the appropriate keystroke, but I think that a much more elegant solution would be for MediaPortal to have a built-in ability to call MyMenu through the remote.

In the "Remote" section of MediaPortal Configuration, it is possible to map any remote button to a long list of possible actions as shown here: http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/20_Reference/Actions. Is it possible to add a "Call MyMenu" action to that list? Basically all it has to do is simulate the Ctrl+L keystroke and it should work, right?

For example, I would like to map my MCE remote Teletext button to launch MyMenu. In the remote buttons mapping configuration I would choose the Teletext button, then choose Layer: All and Condition: None. Then under the list of actions I'd choose Call Mymenu.

<blockquote data-quote="2.0" data-source="post: 1000736" data-attributes="member: 118263">Started on: 2013-06-07Last update: 2013-06-07&nbsp;The MyMenu plugin is very useful, but its major flaw is that it can only be accessed by pressing Ctrl+L on the keyboard.&nbsp; It has no way of being activated by remote.&nbsp; The current workaround for this is to use an external program such as IRSS to detect a remote keypress and map it to the appropriate keystroke, but I think that a much more elegant solution would be for MediaPortal to have a built-in ability to call MyMenu through the remote.&nbsp;In the &quot;Remote&quot; section of MediaPortal Configuration, it is possible to map any remote button to a long list of possible actions as shown here: <a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/20_Reference/Actions" target="_blank">http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/20_Reference/Actions</a>.&nbsp; Is it possible to add a &quot;Call MyMenu&quot; action to that list?&nbsp; Basically all it has to do is simulate the Ctrl+L keystroke and it should work, right?&nbsp;For example, I would like to map my MCE remote Teletext button to launch MyMenu.&nbsp; In the remote buttons mapping configuration I would choose the Teletext button, then choose Layer: All and Condition: None.&nbsp; Then under the list of actions I'd choose Call Mymenu.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="2.0, post: 1000736, member: 118263"] Started on: 2013-06-07 Last update: 2013-06-07 The MyMenu plugin is very useful, but its major flaw is that it can only be accessed by pressing Ctrl+L on the keyboard. It has no way of being activated by remote. The current workaround for this is to use an external program such as IRSS to detect a remote keypress and map it to the appropriate keystroke, but I think that a much more elegant solution would be for MediaPortal to have a built-in ability to call MyMenu through the remote. In the "Remote" section of MediaPortal Configuration, it is possible to map any remote button to a long list of possible actions as shown here: [url]http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/20_Reference/Actions[/url]. Is it possible to add a "Call MyMenu" action to that list? Basically all it has to do is simulate the Ctrl+L keystroke and it should work, right? For example, I would like to map my MCE remote Teletext button to launch MyMenu. In the remote buttons mapping configuration I would choose the Teletext button, then choose Layer: All and Condition: None. Then under the list of actions I'd choose Call Mymenu. [/QUOTE]