[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #5309: Allow keypad to select a menu item

[Xavier Hervy]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 05/04/2008 09:33 AM, Xavier Hervy wrote:
>   
>> MythTV wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> #5309: Allow keypad to select a menu item
>>>
>>> Changes (by stuartm):
>>>
>>> Comment:
>>>
>>>  myththemedmenu is going to be re-written so the patch there won't be used.
>>>  It will use mythlistbutton directly though, so if you want to submit a
>>>  patch just for that then please go ahead.
>>>
>>>  MythListbutton is used in the trunk versions of mythgallery, mythnews,
>>>  mythflix, mythcontrols etc
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> Ok I did modify mythlistbutton however it does not behave as I expected. 
>> I need to find out why...
>>   
>>     
>>>  I'm not entirely convinced this is a good idea, it's definitely going to
>>>  conflict with 0-9 bindings in screens such as watch recordings and
>>>  upcoming recordings. I'd welcome some discussion on the -dev list so we
>>>  can see what the balance of opinion is.
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> I even didn't know that 0-9 bindings were in use (in fact 3 and 9 isn't 
>> it ?)
>>     
>
> Wouldn't this be better with new (named) bindings that people could 
> choose to map to whatever buttons they want rather than hard coding in 
> values?
>
> Mike
>   
I would be agree with you if the binding was easy to do, currently it is 
not as we need to exit the current screen to go to mythcontrol, do the 
binding and then coming back to the previous screen (repeat this until 
you are satisfied). Beside we could have both at the same time i.e. have 
a key to mark a show as watch and still use key "I" then key "4" to mark 
a show as watched, the keypad would work only when the menu is shown....
Using number have a great advantage to be easy to remember (as long as 
they are shown in the menu). My cable box use this, I found it very 
handy (most likely the only thing btw).
Anyway, the binding is barely usable with multiple remotes. Using a 
keypad for list-like menu minimize this need even for jump.
Xavier

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