Action IDs

Main actions

Action	Description
Left	Move left off a control.
Right	Move right off a control.
Up	Move up off a control.
Down	Move down off a control.
Select	Select a button, or an item from a list of thumb view.
Enter	? (ACTION_ENTER) Not sure about all areas, but on some windows this will be the same as the "done" on screen button.
PageUp	Scroll up on page in a list, thumb, or text view.
PageDown	Scroll down on page in a list, thumb, or text view.
Highlight	Highlight an item in a list or thumb view.
ParentDir	Go up a folder to the parent folder. (deprecated, same meaning of "Back" action)
ParentFolder	Go up a folder to the parent folder.
PreviousMenu	Go back to the previous menu screen.
Back	Go back in navigation.
Info	Show the information about the currently highlighted item, or currently playing item.
Pause	Pause the currently playing item.
Stop	Stop the currently playing item.
SkipNext	Skip to next video in playlist. If no playlist, then skip to next chapter in video.
SkipPrevious	Skip to previous video in playlist. If no playlist, then skip to previous chapter in video.
FullScreen	Toggles full-screen content playback (either visualisation or video playback)
togglefullscreen	Changes whether the app is displayed full-screen or windowed (on windowing OSs)
AspectRatio	Toggle through the various aspect ratio modes (Normal is the preferred option).
StepForward	Step forward 30 seconds in a video.
StepBack	Step back 30 seconds in a video.
BigStepForward	Step forward 10 minutes in video.
BigStepBack	Step back 10 minutes in video.
SmallStepBack	Step back 7 seconds in the current video.
Seek(##)	A definable seek action, where ## is a number of seconds. For example, to make a seek action that goes forward 25 seconds use Seek(25), and to make a seek action that goes back 36 seconds use Seek(-36). (v15 Isengard addition)
ChapterOrBigStepForward	Go to to next chapter in video. If no chapters, then step forward 10 minutes in video. (v13 Gotham addition)
ChapterOrBigStepBack	Go to previous chapter in video, If no chapters, then step back 10 minutes in video. (v13 Gotham addition)
NextScene	Go to next scene that is marked in an Edit_decision_list file.
PreviousScene	Go to previous scene that is marked in an Edit_decision_list file.
OSD	Toggles the OSD (On Screen Display) while playing an item.
PlayDVD	Start playing a DVD (goes to the DVD menu)
ShowVideoMenu	Go to the DVD Video menu when playing a DVD.
ShowSubtitles	Toggles whether subtitles are shown or not.
NextSubtitle	Change to the next subtitle language, if there is more than one (does not allow subtitles to be disabled).
PreviousSubtitle	Change to the previous subtitle language, if there is more than one (does not allow subtitles to be disabled). (v22 Piers addition)
CycleSubtitle	Change to the next subtitle language, if there is more than one (it also allow subtitles to be disabled).
SubtitleShiftUp	Move subtitles up
SubtitleShiftDown	Move subtitles down
SubtitleAlign	Subtitle position control
CodecInfo	Show codec information about the currently playing item (during video or visualisation playback)
PlayerProcessInfo	Show player process information about the currently playing item (during video or visualisation playback)
PlayerProgramSelect	Show dialog to select a program tv channel (during video playback)
NextPicture	Move to the next picture in a slideshow.
PreviousPicture	Move to the previous picture in a slideshow.
ZoomOut	Used in picture, slideshow or video fullscreen to zoom out of the current image/video.
ZoomIn	Used in picture, slideshow or video fullscreen to zoom in to the current image/video.
IncreasePAR	Used in video fullscreen to increase the pixel aspect ratio (stretch).
DecreasePAR	Used in video fullscreen to decrease the pixel aspect ratio (stretch).
Queue	Queue the item to the current playlist
PlayNext	Queue the item to the next position in the current playlist
Filter	Opens the mediafilter dialog in the video and musiclibrary. Used in the advanced filter for the video library.
Playlist	Toggle to playlist view from My Music or My Videos
ZoomNormal	Normal (fullscreen) viewing in My Pictures
ZoomLevel1	Zoom to 120% in My Pictures
ZoomLevel2	Zoom to 150% in My Pictures
ZoomLevel3	Zoom to 200% in My Pictures
ZoomLevel4	Zoom to 280% in My Pictures
ZoomLevel5	Zoom to 400% in My Pictures
ZoomLevel6	Zoom to 600% in My Pictures
ZoomLevel7	Zoom to 900% in My Pictures
ZoomLevel8	Zoom to 1350% in My Pictures
ZoomLevel9	Zoom to 2000% in My Pictures
NextCalibration	Used in Video + GUI calibration
ResetCalibration	Used in Video + GUI calibration
AnalogMove	Move in the calibration screens, and while zoomed in My Pictures.
Rotate	Rotate a picture in My Pictures
rotateccw	Rotate current picture counterclockwise during slideshow.
Close	Used to close a dialog
subtitledelay	Show the current delay amount of subtitles.
SubtitleDelayMinus	Decrease the delay amount of subtitles (use if subtitles are displaying too late)
SubtitleDelayPlus	Increase the delay amount of subtitles (use if subtitles are displaying too early)
audiodelay	Show the current delay amount of audio.
AudioDelayMinus	Decrease the delay amount of audio (use if audio is being heard too early)
AudioDelayPlus	Increase the delay amount of audio (use if audio is being heard too late)
AudioNextLanguage	Change to the next audio track in a video with multiple audio tracks.
NextResolution	Used in Video calibration
Number<0-9>	Used to input the number 0 through 9
FastForward	Toggle the fastforward speed between normal play, 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, and 32x.
Rewind	Toggle the rewind speed between normal play, 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, and 32x.
Play	Play the selected item (or folder of items).
PlayPause	Play the selected item (or folder of items). Will also pause media when something is already playing.
Delete	Used in My Files to delete a file.
Copy	Used in My Files to copy a file.
Move	Used in My Files to move a file.
Rename	Used in My Files to rename a file.
HideSubmenu	<depreciated>
Screenshot	Take a screenshot of the current screen.
Reboot	Reboot
ShutDown()	Shutdown and power off
VolumeUp	Increase the volume of playback.
VolumeDown	Decrease the volume of playback.
Mute	Mute the volume.
volampup	Increase volume amplification.
volampdown	Decrease volume amplification.
audiotoggledigital	Switch between digital / analog audio.
BackSpace	Used in the virtual keyboards to delete one letter.
ScrollUp	Variable speed scroll up for analog keys (stick or triggers)
ScrollDown	Variable speed scroll down for analog keys (stick or triggers)
AnalogFastForward	Variable speed fast forward for analog keys (stick or triggers)
AnalogRewind	Variable speed rewind for analog keys (stick or triggers)
AnalogSeekForward	Variable speed seeking for analog keys (stick or triggers)
AnalogSeekBack	Variable speed seeking for analog keys (stick or triggers)
MoveItemUp	Used to rearrange playlists
MoveItemDown	Used to rearrange playlists
Menu	Focus the menu control (e.g. sidebar in confluence) which is specified by the skin in different windows (e.g. Movies, Music, PVR etc.) (v16 Jarvis addition)
ContextMenu	Pops up a contextual menu
Shift	Used in Virtual Keyboard to switch to upper or lower case letters
Symbols	Used in Virtual Keyboard to switch to or from symbols mode
CursorLeft	Used in Virtual Keyboard to move the current cursor point to the left
CursorRight	Used in Virtual Keyboard to move the current cursor point to the right
ShowTime	Used to show the current play time in music + video playback
visualisationpresetlist	Shows the visualisation preset list
ShowPreset	Shows the current visualisation preset (milkdrop/spectrum)
NextPreset	Next visualisation preset
PreviousPreset	Previous visualisation preset
LockPreset	Lock the current visualisation preset
RandomPreset	Switch to a new random preset
IncreaseRating	Used to increase track rating in full screen playback (press info on track and use pageplus on keyboard/remote
DecreaseRating	Used to decrease track rating in full screen playback (press info on track and use pageminus on keyboard/remote
ToggleWatched	Toggles watched/unwatched status for Videos
NextLetter	Move to the next letter in a list or thumb panel. Note that SHIFT-B on the keyboard will take you to the B's.
PrevLetter	Move to the previous letter in a list or thumb panel. Note that SHIFT-Z on the keyboard will take you to the Z's.
JumpSMS<2-9>	Jump through a list using SMS-style input (eg press 2 twice to jump to the B's.)
FilterSMS<2-9>	Filter a list in music or videos using SMS-style input.
verticalshiftup	Shift up video image currently played.
verticalshiftdown	Shift down video image currently played.
scanitem	Scan selected item for video or music files.
reloadkeymaps	Reload keymap, loading any changes made to the keymap since started up.
increasevisrating	Increase the preset rate for visualization.
decreasevisrating	Decrease the preset rate for visualization.
firstpage	Move to the first element of the page.
lastpage	Move to the last element of the page.
guiprofile	? (ACTION_GUIPROFILE_BEGIN)
red	Used to simulate red button click for the teletext.
green	Used to simulate green button click for the teletext.
yellow	Used to simulate yellow button click for the teletext.
blue	Used to simulate blue button click for the teletext.
CreateBookmark	Creates a bookmark of the currently playing Video (v13 Gotham addition)
CreatEpisodeBookmark	Creates an episode bookmark of the currently playing multi-episode file (e.g. S01E01E02). An episode bookmark specifies the end of the one and the begin of the other episode (v13 Gotham addition)
NextChannelGroup	PVR Goes to the next channel group when using live TV. Works only within PVR windows + channel osd. (v13 Gotham addition)
PreviousChannelGroup	PVR Goes to the previous channel group when using live TV. Works only within PVR windows + channel osd. (v13 Gotham addition)
ChannelUp	PVR Used to switch up to the next channel. Works only if you playback TV or radio (v13 Gotham addition)
ChannelDown	PVR Used to switch down to the previous channel. Works only if you playback TV or radio(v13 Gotham addition)
PlayPvr	PVR Starts playback a TV or radio channel depends on the last played channel. (v13 Gotham addition)
PlayPvrTV	PVR Starts playback a TV channel. Will playback the last played channel if available. (v13 Gotham addition)
PlayPvrRadio	PVR Starts playback a radio channel. Will playback the last played channel if available. (v13 Gotham addition)
Record	PVR record current playing channel or selected item in windows like EPG (v13 Gotham addition)
ToggleCommSkip	Enable / Disable commercial skipping (based on Edit_decision_list file) during video playback.
StereoMode	Toggle 3D/Stereoscopic mode (v13 Gotham addition)
ToggleStereoMode	Toggle 3D/Stereoscopic mode (v13 Gotham addition)
SwitchPlayer	Select player to use, such as internal (DVDPlayer/PAPlayer), UPnP "play using" targets, external players. (v13 Gotham addition)
UpdateLibrary(video)	Update Movie/TV-Show library (only tested with v13 Gotham addition).
SetRating	For use when playing music. Will pop-up a 1-10 userrating select dialog, to rate the currently playing song. (v17 Krypton addition)
DialogSelectVideo	Open a window dialog to select a video stream. (v22 Piers addition)
DialogSelectAudio	Open a window dialog to select an audio stream. (v22 Piers addition)
DialogSelectSubtitle	Open a window dialog to select a subtitle stream. (v22 Piers addition)

Other

Action	Description
noop	No action. Used to specifically disable a key.

Removed action IDs

• PresetList - replaced with visualisationpresetlist in a previous version (unknown?)

See also

• Keymaps
• Window IDs
• Built-in scripting