What is the equivalent of the TAB button

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What is the equivalent of the TAB button on the IR remote control?

The TAB key on the keypad allows you to switch between the last menu and playback in full screen mode. This is very convenient

I have not yet found how to implement it on the IR remote.

I have tried the kodi key mapper, but cannot find a suitable option.

And one more question:
Is there a command to jump to the KODI main window (start)?

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There are keyboard codes in the key map editor… BUT I have not seen TAB :frowning:
To jump back you ned a HOME key or equivalent.
If your remote doesn’t have one same thing, find in Navigation part of Keymap editor and assign to a key. (Back browser back, Parent directory, previous menu etc) try them out.
I got it to go out and back in with one of the keys on my TOX3 remote. I has 3 options, cant remember what button it was but it works, I press return to go out and another button shaped like a X in a rectangle with a triangle on the end. <X
You can also use return key/ left arrow and select the box with the 4 triangles to return to video. <^>

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I scanned my IR remote with the help of Meson IR.

The key that I want to use as an alternative to the keyboard key TAB was recognized as KEY_FULL_SCREEN.

When I try to assign the function to this key using the Keymap editor, nothing passes. When I download the file gen.xml open, there is no new entry…

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I made a button under ‘virtual keyboard’.
It shows as “togglefullscreen”
I have deleted from there now as I had to use a key I use for other function.

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I have tried everything possible with the Keymap Editor.
I have come to the conclusion that no setting in the Keymap Editor affects the control via IR-Remote.

The settings for the keyboard, on the other hand, work perfectly!

The gen.xml file is written, all new entries are there.

Could it be that the settings in the Keymap Editor have no effect on the IR remote?
Could it be that other IR remote settings have priority for Kodi?

I have CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.aarch64-21.2-Omega-Generic.img installed.

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It worked for me, at least it took the screen back before I deleted it using IR code.
Does the key you reassigned work off the remote into CE before you added it to Keymap editor?

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KEY_FULL_SCREEN would not work, it is not recognized by Kodi. You need to create a proper keycode file for your remote. Then use keymap editor (edit Global/Playback/Toggle Fullscreen).

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That is what is my pic above but you need to open it to see :slight_smile:

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Hi,

Using the Keymap Editor, I assigned the key on the IR-Remote to the virtual keyboard, opened the file gen.xml and I made sure that there was an entry similar to the one in your picture. But when you press the key, nothing happens anyway.

I also tried to reprogram the “1” key for this command using the Keymap Editor, but it doesn’t work. I tried to assign some other function to the “1” key, but it doesn’t work. It seems that the changes made to the Keymap Editor do not affect the operation of the IR-Remote in any way. At the same time, editing a regular keyboard is fine.

I.e. in my case, the Keymap Editor works for the keyboard and does not work for the IR-Remote…

What could be the problem?

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I have not used this addon in a long time.

Something comes to memory that there are default/keys /all ready assigned a function that /kodi has assigned and cant be changed.

Maybe is a factor

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Thanks to everyone who responded to my message.
After several experiments, everything is working now. I use the Keymap Editor. The problem seems to be a conflict in the Keymap configuration file.

Now I was able to assign Togglefescreen switching function to one key on the IR-Remote.

But the key originally selected for this purpose has not been reprogrammed.

Nevertheless, thanks again for your support!