Arrows don't work on keyboard

midgetspy · 2008-09-19, 06:50

I use a remote and have an arrow pad bound to the direction arrows (left, right, up, down). When I try to use the on-screen keyboard in the skin the arrows don't work to move the selected letter around so I have to plug in a mouse or keyboard to type something. Is this intentional or an oversight?

budwize · 2008-09-19, 10:37

i just had the same problem after installing the new beta version. arrows on kbd wont work

skunkm0nkee · 2008-09-19, 15:07

Have you tried it in PM3, do the arrows work in it?

midgetspy · 2008-09-19, 20:44

Actually no, just tried PM3 and they don't work there either. Is this a problem that's inherited from PM3 then or is this the intended functionality?

**jmarshall** · 2008-09-20, 01:06

Sounds like your remote is sending keyboard actions (or at least we're interpreting them as such). How are you running the remote? An event client, or some third party thing?

midgetspy · 2008-09-22, 23:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmarshall

Sounds like your remote is sending keyboard actions (or at least we're interpreting them as such). How are you running the remote? An event client, or some third party thing?

My remote has a 3rd party client (iMON) that interprets the events and translates them to keyboard keys. I have the d-pad on my remote mapped to the directional arrows on my keyboard. Though it makes sense that if you have a keyboard you'd use the letters to type with, in this case it would be very helpful to be able to navigate it with the arrow keys as well.

**jmarshall** · 2008-09-23, 00:46

The arrow keys are useful for navigating within the text string, however, so we're damned if we do and you're damned if we don't.

Tricky one.

midgetspy · 2008-09-23, 02:49

Well for a permanent solution I think the easiest way to satisfy both is to have the arrow keys only navigate the text string if the focus is on the text field.

Looking at my keymap.xml file I'm a bit confused. I see that the gamepad has no overrides for the d-pad, so the gamepad d-pad should follow the global keymap, right? So I think this means that for a gamepad, the Left/Right/Up/Down commands (which are mapped to the d-pad in the global mapping) navigate the virtual keyboard keys by default. Why then, do the Keyboard arrows not do the same? There is no keyboard section that overrides them in the VirtualKeyboard section, so again they're just mapped to Up/Down/Left/Right same as the gamepad d-pad... so shouldn't they behave the same?

matt_cyr · 2008-09-23, 02:58

I think it must have something to do with focus being on the keyboard when using the gamepad, and on the title when using the remote? Only way I could figure it. Unless the dpad isn't handled as keystrokes...

matt_cyr · 2008-09-23, 03:14

Actually, looking over the xml i have no idea why it behaves differently...weird :|

2008-09-19, 06:50	#1
midgetspy Fan Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Edmonton, Canada Posts: 444	Arrows don't work on keyboard I use a remote and have an arrow pad bound to the direction arrows (left, right, up, down). When I try to use the on-screen keyboard in the skin the arrows don't work to move the selected letter around so I have to plug in a mouse or keyboard to type something. Is this intentional or an oversight?

2008-09-20, 01:06	#5
jmarshall Team-XBMC Developer Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 15,076	Sounds like your remote is sending keyboard actions (or at least we're interpreting them as such). How are you running the remote? An event client, or some third party thing? __________________ Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.

2008-09-23, 00:46	#7
jmarshall Team-XBMC Developer Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 15,076	The arrow keys are useful for navigating within the text string, however, so we're damned if we do and you're damned if we don't. Tricky one. __________________ Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.

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2008-09-19, 10:37	#2
budwize Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 51	i just had the same problem after installing the new beta version. arrows on kbd wont work

2008-09-19, 15:07	#3
skunkm0nkee Team Razorfish Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: London Posts: 1,823	Have you tried it in PM3, do the arrows work in it?

2008-09-19, 20:44	#4
midgetspy Fan Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Edmonton, Canada Posts: 444	Actually no, just tried PM3 and they don't work there either. Is this a problem that's inherited from PM3 then or is this the intended functionality?

2008-09-23, 02:49	#8
midgetspy Fan Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Edmonton, Canada Posts: 444	Well for a permanent solution I think the easiest way to satisfy both is to have the arrow keys only navigate the text string if the focus is on the text field. Looking at my keymap.xml file I'm a bit confused. I see that the gamepad has no overrides for the d-pad, so the gamepad d-pad should follow the global keymap, right? So I think this means that for a gamepad, the Left/Right/Up/Down commands (which are mapped to the d-pad in the global mapping) navigate the virtual keyboard keys by default. Why then, do the Keyboard arrows not do the same? There is no keyboard section that overrides them in the VirtualKeyboard section, so again they're just mapped to Up/Down/Left/Right same as the gamepad d-pad... so shouldn't they behave the same?

2008-09-23, 02:58	#9
matt_cyr Fan Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 344	I think it must have something to do with focus being on the keyboard when using the gamepad, and on the title when using the remote? Only way I could figure it. Unless the dpad isn't handled as keystrokes...

2008-09-23, 03:14	#10
matt_cyr Fan Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 344	Actually, looking over the xml i have no idea why it behaves differently...weird :\|

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