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That means, there are virtual keys defined for all kind of actions?
For example I found for TV-EPG view the mapping of green and yellow button, as seen also on the example mock-up.

Code (XML):

1.         <KeyBinding Key="Yellow" Command="{Command Path=NextGroup}"/>
2.         <KeyBinding Key="Green" Command="{Command Path=PrevGroup}"/>

It seems that those keys are hard coded only for a screen, so mapping with the input manager for those actions is not possible, right?

Trying to understand, but the navigation is still a black-box for me and I fully agree with you. It needs to be improved.

 

As I said I am not 100% sure, but I think you are right.
The screen binds to these virtual keys. So you can't change this from within the gui. With my plugin you can map for example "strg+y" to the virtual key "Yellow"
So if you than press "strg+y" it will execute "NextGroup".

Yes, there is Key.EPG, Key.Home etc.

 

Referring to this post https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/plugin-emulators.132573/#post-1158544 I'd like to propose following:

• New "Game" GroupMenuItem as access point to the great MyEmulator plugin from Bownard. Also other small games could be added here later.
  
• Option in BV settings with all GroupMenuItems listed (Home, Image, Audio, VideoHub, Games, News, Settings, Others) and possibility to deactivate GroupMenuItems (besides Settings)

 

Sounds more a task for a menu designer tool Adding a setting for each group item is not the best way.

The menu structure is already very flexible, but I don't have any good idea how to implement this inside MP2 GUI. The group items will be possible, they only have a Guid and Text. But the placement of "tiles" on screen is tricky from point of user input:

We already have a Grid defined for layouting, which allows us to place items in specific position and to define cell/rowspans to control size.

The best thing would be to have the grid cells "interactive". Some ideas:

1. Click on one cell:
   • empty cell: opens a selection of new tile (workflow action by plugin)
     
   • used cell: option to remove / continue to 2nd step
2. Then we need to define cell/row spans. A "drag and drop" (or resize) will not work for remote control input, so we need to create an action for this. Either a dialog to define both numbers manually or we allow selection of predefined sizes

 

KeyBindings can be added in different contexts:

• Global:
  • Plugins: This is done for example by StatisticsRenderer which maps "F10" key
  • Workflow-Shortcuts: defined by plugins in ...-workflow.xml
• Per Screen:
  • A screen can define key bindings, like you quoted above.

The execution order is always from most specific to common one: first screen defined, then globals. If one is executed, the event will be canceled (no further actions).

 

What are the arguments against the same as done for "home"? A small PopUpDialog:

All data itself would be available, just the user can decide what he likes to see. If I for example do not have a TV card, then I'd like to hide the "TV" symbol in GroupMenu.

I like your ideas, being able to configure the menu itmes in GUI is always something like a "dream".
I think it can be also done by remote. You could focus a cell in a grid (not selectable cells can be greyed out). Selecting it with ok changes to scale mode, with curser user can select the opposite corner and a range for the MenuItem is created between both "points". Pressing ok again let you then assign the Action-Guid.

When you plan something in this direction, we should inform @Lehmden, so he can save his time to create an external editor. The external editor would be easier to realize, but of course I'd prefer the ideal in GUI solution

 

In principle ok to hide some groups. But the actual menu items then will not disappear, they will be just moved to "Others" category.

 

Ah ok, thats indeed a good argument. Forgot that the "Home" is an exception. Well, but even the items are moved to others, it can be still an attractive option to keep the GroupMenu "lean and clean".
As I mentioned, the TV icon would annoy me, if I won't have a TV-tuner. Having the hidden "menu items" automatically in "Others" can be also helpful for the case you forgot about the settings and by time miss certain entries. You will always know where to find the "lost" entries -> Others