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)
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.
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 the next item in a playlist or scene in a video.
SkipPrevious	Skip to the previous item in a playlist or scene in a video.
FullScreen	Toggles fullscreen modes (either visualisation or video playback)
togglefullscreen	? (ACTION_TOGGLE_FULLSCREEN)
AspectRatio	Toggle through the various aspect ratio modes (Normal is the preferred option).
StepForward	Step forward 1% in the movie.
StepBack	Step back 1% in the movie.
BigStepForward	Step forward 10% in the movie.
BigStepBack	Step back 10% in the movie.
SmallStepBack	Step back 7 seconds in the current video.
nextscene	? (ACTION_NEXT_SCENE)
previousscene	? (ACTION_PREV_SCENE)
OSD	Toggles the OSD while playing an item.
osdleft	? (ACTION_OSD_SHOW_LEFT)
osdright	? (ACTION_OSD_SHOW_RIGHT)
osdup	? (ACTION_OSD_SHOW_UP)
osddown	? (ACTION_OSD_SHOW_DOWN)
osdselect	? (ACTION_OSD_SHOW_SELECT)
osdvalueplus	? (ACTION_OSD_SHOW_VALUE_PLUS)
osdvalueminus	? (ACTION_OSD_SHOW_VALUE_MIN)
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.
subtitleshiftup	? (ACTION_SUBTITLE_VSHIFT_UP)
subtitleshiftdown	? (ACTION_SUBTITLE_VSHIFT_DOWN)
subtitlealign	? (ACTION_SUBTITLE_ALIGN)
CodecInfo	Show codec information about the currently playing item (during video or visualisation 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
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	? (ACTION_ROTATE_PICTURE_CCW)
Close	Used to close a dialog
subtitledelay	? (ACTION_SUBTITLE_DELAY)
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	? (ACTION_AUDIO_DELAY)
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
Number0	Used to input the number 0
Number1	Used to input the number 1
Number2	Used to input the number 2
Number3	Used to input the number 3
Number4	Used to input the number 4
Number5	Used to input the number 5
Number6	Used to input the number 6
Number7	Used to input the number 7
Number8	Used to input the number 8
Number9	Used to input the number 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), or unpause a paused item.
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.
XBMC.ShutDown()	Shutdown and power off
VolumeUp	Increase the volume of playback.
VolumeDown	Decrease the volume of playback.
Mute	Mute the volume.
volampup	? (ACTION_VOLAMP_UP)
volampdown	? (ACTION_VOLAMP_DOWN)
audiotoggledigital	? (ACTION_TOGGLE_DIGITAL_ANALOG)
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
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
ShowPreset	Shows the current visualisation preset (milkdrop/spectrum)
PresetList	Pops up the visualisation preset list (milkdrop/spectrum)
NextPreset	Next visualisation preset
PreviousPreset	Previous visualisation preset
LockPreset	Lock the current visualisation preset
RandomPreset	Switch to a new random preset
IncreaseRating	Unused
DecreaseRating	Unused
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.
JumpSMS2-9	Jump through a list using SMS-style input (eg press 2 twice to jump to the B's.)
filter	? (ACTION_FILTER)
FilterSMS2-9	Filter a list in music or videos using SMS-style input.
verticalshiftup	? (ACTION_VSHIFT_UP)
verticalshiftdown	? (ACTION_VSHIFT_DOWN)
scanitem	? (ACTION_SCAN_ITEM)
reloadkeymaps	Reload keymap, loading any changes made to the keymap since XBMC started up.
increasevisrating	? (ACTION_VIS_RATE_PRESET_PLUS)
decreasevisrating	? (ACTION_VIS_RATE_PRESET_MINUS)
firstpage	? (ACTION_FIRST_PAGE)
lastpage	? (ACTION_LAST_PAGE)
guiprofile	? (ACTION_GUIPROFILE_BEGIN)
red	? (ACTION_TELETEXT_RED
green	? (ACTION_TELETEXT_GREEN)
yellow	? (ACTION_TELETEXT_YELLOW)
blue	? (ACTION_TELETEXT_BLUE)
XBMC.ActivateWindow(MyVideos)	Go to My Videos.
XBMC.ActivateWindow(MyMusic)	Go to My Music.
XBMC.ActivateWindow(MyPictures)	Go to My Pictures.
XBMC.ActivateWindow(Home)	Go to Home window. Go back from within a context in the UI.
XBMC.ActivateWindow(type,path to playlist)	Opens the window for the desired playlist
XBMC.ActivateWindow(windowid)	Go a window specified by ''windowid. See the list of window IDs for the list of valid values. Not all ids will work on all themes.

Other

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