Alternative keymaps for most remotes

Remote controls

Alternative keymaps for most remotes

Alternative keymaps for most remotes, as suggested by the community. This includes MCE/RC6 type remote controls.

Keymap 1 - SmallStepBack

Cut and paste the following into a new text document and save as remote.xml and place in userdata/keymaps/

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
  <FullscreenVideo>
    <remote>
      <back>seek(-7)</back>
    </remote>
    <keyboard>
      <back>seek(-7)</back>
      <backspace>seek(-7)</backspace>
      <escape>seek(-7)</escape>
    </keyboard>
  </FullscreenVideo>
</keymap>

What it does

• Back durning full screen playback is changed to SmallStepBack (-7 seconds)

Keymap 2 - stop a video when backing out of it

Cut and paste the following into a new text document and save as remote.xml and place in userdata/keymaps/

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
  <FullscreenVideo>
    <remote>
      <back>stop</back>
    </remote>
    <keyboard>
      <back>stop</back>
      <backspace>stop</backspace>
      <escape>stop</escape>
    </keyboard>
  </FullscreenVideo>
</keymap>

What it does

• Back durning full screen playback will stop the video and return you to the file/library lists.

Keymap 3 - move cursor on keyboard instead of buttons

Note: As of Kodi v15, you can use Tab ⇆ to toggle between selecting keys on the on-screen-keyboard and moving the cursor.

Cut and paste the following into a new text document and save as remote.xml and place in userdata/keymaps/

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
  <virtualkeyboard>
    <keyboard>
      <left>CursorLeft</left>
      <right>CursorRight</right>
    </keyboard>
  </virtualkeyboard>
</keymap>

What it does

• Left/right arrow keys will move the cursor when entering text with the on-screen-keyboard, rather than select different keyboard buttons. This restores the behavior previously seen when "Remote sends keyboard presses" was turned off.

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