isRemoteKeyPressed

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I’m trying to capture the remote key presses in a springboard, but I’m only getting a response from the right (5) and left (4) buttons. I’ve used the up, down and info (*) buttons with an imagecanvas, but I can’t seem to get it right with a springboard screen. I’ve tried numerous iterations, but nothing is returning a response. Shouldn’t the following print more than just the right and left button presses? I’ve also tried isButtonInfo with no luck either. Can someone explain the right usage?

        if type(msg) = "roSpringboardScreenEvent" then
            if msg.isScreenClosed()
                print "Screen closed"
                exit while
            else if msg.isRemoteKeyPressed() 
                print "Remote key pressed"
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The only buttons available on roSprinboard with isRemoteKeyPressed() are the left and right buttons. Otherwise, you are looking for msg.IsbuttonPressed() with msg.getindex() to tell you which buttons on the screen were pressed.

if type(msg)="roSpringboardScreenEvent" then
     if msg.isbuttonpressed() then
         ndx=msg.getindex()
         if ndx=0 then 
                     ?"button number: ";ndx;" pressed"
         else if msg.getindex()=1 then
                     ?"button number: ";ndx;" pressed"
        end if
     else if msg.isremotekeypressed()
        key=msg.getindex()
        ?"Key Number: ";key;" Pressed"
    end if
end if
  • Joel
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Is the info (*) button available on any screen other than an imagecanvas?

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“agmark” wrote:
Is the info (*) button available on any screen other than an imagecanvas?

Off the top of my head, the (*) button raises…

  • isListItemInfo() on roPosterScreen

  • isRemoteKeyPressed() on roGridScreen

  • roUniversalControlEvent on roScreen

…there may be others that I’m forgetting.

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Thanks Chris. Tried isListItemInfo() on roPosterScreen and it responds. That’s where I’ll use it. I don’t have a Roku1, but I assume the info button is strickly Roku2?

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“agmark” wrote:
Thanks Chris. Tried isListItemInfo() on roPosterScreen and it responds. That’s where I’ll use it. I don’t have a Roku1, but I assume the info button is strickly Roku2?

The (*) button works with any Roku since firmware 2.7. See section 2.4 of the Component Reference.

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“RokuChris” wrote:

The () button works with any Roku since firmware 2.7. See section 2.4 of the Component Reference.
… assuming you have a () button. My Roku 1 remote does not have an info or (*) button.

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“belltown” wrote:

“RokuChris” wrote:

The () button works with any Roku since firmware 2.7. See section 2.4 of the Component Reference.
… assuming you have a () button. My Roku 1 remote does not have an info or (*) button.Network remotes like Remoku, DVPRemote or the official Roku app (among others) have it and will work with any generation Roku. I frequently recommend the use of a network remote to early Roku1 owners when they ask how to re-arrange channels in the general discussion forum. It’s probably not a good idea to code any critical functionality to the star/info button if you plan for a channel to be available to those models lacking the button(since most users probably won’t go looking in the forum for the answer), but if it’s a less-important or infrequently used feature it’s probably ok to use it; another option is to also offer the same functionality via some on-screen menu or another button. Just some fyi opinion for anyone coming across this thread. :slightly_smiling_face:

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We’ve ended up using the down button for that in some screens - that way it works for all remotes without external or extra dependencies.