Basic controls
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Home screen
The context menu gives you quick access to some functions that also can be accessed by the keyboard directly (e.g. Queue item), while other functions (e.g. Change content) are only accessible from the context menu.
You can bring up the context menu either by:
- right-clicking with the mouse.
- pressing the C key .
- pressing the guide button on a MCE remote.
Examples of the context menu:
- Contextmenu2.png
The context menu in the YouTube add-on.
- See below for specific explanations of the contextual menu on different menus and areas of XBMC
- In the video library
- In the music library
- Favourites, Playlists, and the File manager are mostly controlled from the contextual menu.
Favourites
XBMC allows you to add links to your favourite programs, pictures, videos, music, files, add-ons, and more via the favourites menu.
Some video add-ons have this support also. So you can access from the home menu easily without having to navigate otherwise complex paths, making it easier for you and your family to access your choices without frying a brain or getting lost on the way.
You can access the 'Favourites' menu either by selecting the star icon in the lower left corner of the home screen of the default Confluence skin.
- Favourites via context menu
- Bring up the context menu by pressing the C or ⊞ Win button or guide on the remote and selecting the Add to Favourites option.
- Accessing favourites
- By selecting the star icon (favourites) in the Home Menu you can access your favourites added via context menu or .xml as in Example 1
- Renaming a favourite via context menu
- Like you would any other filename, when you highlight any entry you can rename it. Call up the context menu by pressing the C or ⊞ Win button or guide on the remote and selecting the Add to Favourites option.
- Advanced notes
- Developer and advanced notes can be found on: favourites.xml.
Pressing S on the keyboard, or by selecting the Shutdown icon in the lower left corner of the default Confluence skin the home screen brings up the shutdown menu.
The options on this menu are from top to bottom:
- Exit
- Exits XBMC to your operating system.
- Power off system
- Powers down your system
- Custom Shutdown Timer
- XBMC will shutdown your computer after you enter the countdown time.
- Suspend
- Suspends your computer.
- Hibernate
- Hibernates your computer.
- Reboot
- Restarts your computer.
File manager
The File Manager allows the maintenace of files from within Kodi on platforms that have no underlying and easily accessible operating system. It will allow you to perform functions such as Move, Copy and Delete to name a few.