The "vertical" selection menu when you press the square (1 Viewer)

ittrainee

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@@Edit: the circle, not the square!

Hello everyone!

I've been trying to get a mediacenter PC to work for a company that I'm interning at, and so far I have been very successful thanks to your product! Good job on making it as good as it is.

I have one question though. A plugin that I'm using called MyProgramsAlt (I use it to give users a list of Powerpoint files that they can start -business related haha) is only available in the "alternate" menu that you get when you press the circle icon in the topbar. I am unsure what it's for or how it's called, but it's the same procedure in any skin: move your mouse up until the topbar appears, and then select the square icon, it will transform your menu from Horizontal/wide to vertical.

The vertical menu allows people to select the MyProgramsAlt plugin without having to do anything special - having to use a remote control to select the circle and then find the powerpoint option is far too complicated for most users these days :(

So my question: is there any way to make MediaPortal start up with the "vertical" menu instead of the wide "horizontal" one?

If you don't understand what I mean, I'll try to get some screenshots up. But basically, in the horizontal menu the icons are lined up horizontally, and you only see the weather/tv/radio/music/video icons.

Thanks a lot in advance!
 

rekenaar

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    There are basically two startup screens.
    HOME
    BASIC HOME
    You can select in MP Configuration under General.

    MyProgramsAlt can put them by default on HOME.

    Sidenote - it is also possible to get it on BASIC HOME on certain skins. See my screensaver post.
     

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