Exit fullscreen with mouse (1 Viewer)

[yochaytzur]

My HTPC has only mouse connected to it. no kbd or remote.
I'm using Mediaportal as frontend in fullscreen mode by default. Is there a method to leave the fullscreen mode using the mouse only? (alternative to alt+enter)?
Thanks.

 

[milhouse]

I've looked, but can't seem to find a way. I believe the answer is "No".

A question, though: what good is windowed mode if you don't have a keyboard hooked up, anyway?


I always VNC into my HTPC to change any settings. Prior to that, I kept a USB keyboard around and plugged it into a front USB port when needed.

 

[yochaytzur]

I also VNC my HTPC when needed.
I don't want to keep a keyboard in my living room. all I want is to leave full screen with the mouse, for example to open a webpage or making a skype call. no need a kbd for this. For typing, I'm using winXP on-screen keyboard.
Please developers: how to leave full screen mode with the mouse? I can't believe you havn't thought about it!

 

[PVRJunky]

I am Using a combination of the Multishortcut Plugin and AutoIt.
The Multishortcut plugin adds an menuitem in the homemenu and starts the compiled AutoIt-Script:

; exit from Fullscreen
send("!{ENTER}")
Sleep(2500)
; minimize Mediaportal
WinSetState ( "MediaPortal", "", @SW_MINIMIZE )
EXIT

So with that I can switch to the mainmenu and select "Dekstop" and there we are.

But you wrote, that you are using vnc with the media portal. I am using UltraVNC and when I l log on to the htpc mediaportal stops playing music and the window of the mediaportal is only showing a black window. What am I doing wrong? And which kind of VNC are you using?

Greetings
Andi

 

[SMa]

But you wrote, that you are using vnc with the media portal. I am using UltraVNC and when I l log on to the htpc mediaportal stops playing music and the window of the mediaportal is only showing a black window. What am I doing wrong? And which kind of VNC are you using?

Hmm, that's strange.
I'm also using UltraVNC and I haven't encountered any problems yet.

I use UltraVNC 1.0.4 RC3 (which is far from the latest version available),
and MP 0.2.3.0 (no SVN's)

 

[PVRJunky]

I just reinstalled the newes version and now it works. Don't know what the problem was.
Thank you.