Long Press on TV Remote not bringing up RightClick?

kapqa · April 16, 2024 at 8:26 PM

Hello ,

i have sort of question / request (if not already implemented)

when using LibreElec now it would function also with the normal TV Remote which is a very nice feature, thank you very much for that.

Now there are some situation were i still would need the keyboard;

there are some files, which i would play after bringing up "Play" Command via RightClick or longPress of Enter on Keyboard.

this would be needed for .iso files or .dvdmedia.

now , with the remote this seem not function;

when i "longpress" Enter on REmote, it would just go through the file structure,

maybe this is just a limitation of that specific remote, if not, please take it into account.

**HiassofT** · April 16, 2024 at 10:50 PM

IIRC long-press isn't supported with CEC remotes (aka your TV remote) in kodi.

so long,

Hias

insulator · April 17, 2024 at 10:19 AM

There is an addon where you can define your TV remote buttons, forgot the name.

I made the file gen.xml in the keymaps folder and used the red button for the context menu, yellow as home and blue for queue.

<keymap><global>
<keyboard>
<key id="251">contextmenu</key>
<key id="253">activatewindow(home)</key>
<key id="254">activatewindow(videoplaylist)</key>
/keyboard>
</global></keymap>

kapqa · April 17, 2024 at 4:37 PM

insulator thank you,

my remote also has red, yellow, blue buttons, but those seem not active under libreelec , even after i install add-on (maybe this is the one you are referring to?)

Add-on:Keymap Editor - Official Kodi Wiki

and putting the keymap you shared as gen.xml into

/storage/.kodi/userdata/

Keymap - Official Kodi Wiki

maybe for the remote another key-id is needed, but how could i read the proper id out, if the remote is just a tv remote with no usb dongle?

the tv is a low-end sharp ().

insulator · April 17, 2024 at 7:08 PM Best Answer

gen.xml must be copied to userdata/keymaps folder, but probably your remote control needs different codes?

yes, it was this addon, but it is not easy to understand how it works, when I remember correctly.

Try to find contextmenu in the addon somewhere, than you have to press the button on the remote and save the settings.

kapqa · April 19, 2024 at 8:32 PM

thanks, it would function, the color keys would not be recognized, but other keys got keycode assigned, not so difficult after all.

bdyb · October 21, 2024 at 2:24 PM

Quote from HiassofT

IIRC long-press isn't supported with CEC remotes (aka your TV remote) in kodi.
so long,
Hias

I have Odroid HC-4 with CoreELEC and long press on TV remote OK works just fine to bring up the context menu. So maybe not directly by Kodi, but it is supported somehow.

Same goes for HDR10+, but I don't really care about it.

Long press to bring up context menu is the only thing I still can not figure out since the switch to LibreELEC.

Any idea how they did it?

soder10 · April 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM

I would also like to find some solution for this same issue.

Also controlling LE via a Pi5, so the TV remote controller's commands are transmitted through that bloody dreaded CEC interface. Which I learned is unable to transmit the concept of "long press".

The keymap re-configuration .XML and the dependency on some unknown Addon is way too high for me. Even though I am an IT engineer, know Linux since 1999 or so, LE and Kodi is a way too hostile territory (and anti-beginner-friendly) for me, I must admit this, and I dont feel a shame for saying this out loud.

HarryH · April 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM

Have you thought about working around the problem with the missing context menu (long press on OK) if you use a separate button on your TV remote control? I'm not talking about customisation via the Keymap Editor add-on.

It depends on the manufacturer and model of your TV. Some manufacturers (e.g. SONY) also support passing through the menu buttons via CEC. Sometimes this function has to be specially configured in the depths of the TV settings, but usually there is also a separate button for the context menu by default.

Maybe this could be an option for you...

soder10 · April 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM

Quote from HarryH

Have you thought about working around the problem with the missing context menu (long press on OK) if you use a separate button on your TV remote control? I'm not talking about customisation via the Keymap Editor add-on.
It depends on the manufacturer and model of your TV. Some manufacturers (e.g. SONY) also support passing through the menu buttons via CEC. Sometimes this function has to be specially configured in the depths of the TV settings, but usually there is also a separate button for the context menu by default.
Maybe this could be an option for you...

Have not found any such customization option on my TV for CEC (LG C1, if anyone interested)

So re-purposing some unused button on my LG Magic Remote still must be performed by the Black Art of that keymap XML.

soder10 · April 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM

hmm...

**Da Flex** · April 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM

Quote from soder10

So re-purposing some unused button on my LG Magic Remote still must be performed by the Black Art of that keymap XML.

It's not that bad.

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keymap only partly working

Hello,

I created a remote.xml:

(Code, 8 lines)

for the Context Menu with the red button and the home window with the green button. Both working fine. But when using the red or green button in the TV/Recordings window, then both buttons seem to have no function.

For https://paste.libreelec.tv/deciding-drum.log I pushed the red button and then the green button first in the TV program overview window (reaction as expected), and after that in the TV/Recordings window (no reaction).

Has anyone an idea…

absalom

April 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM

Long Press on TV Remote not bringing up RightClick?

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