Library - xbmcgui

Detailed Description

GUI functions on Kodi.

Offers classes and functions that manipulate the Graphical User Interface through windows, dialogs, and various control widgets.

Topics
	Control
	Code based skin access.
	Dialog
	Kodi's dialog class
	ListItem
	Selectable window list item.
	Action
	Window
	GUI window class for Add-Ons.

Function Documentation

getCurrentWindowId()

getCurrentWindowId

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Function: xbmcgui.getCurrentWindowId()

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Returns the id for the current 'active' window as an integer.

Returns

The currently active window Id

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Example:

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wid = xbmcgui.getCurrentWindowId()
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getCurrentWindowDialogId()

getCurrentWindowDialogId

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Function: xbmcgui.getCurrentWindowDialogId()

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Returns the id for the current 'active' dialog as an integer.

Returns

The currently active dialog Id

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Example:

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wid = xbmcgui.getCurrentWindowDialogId()
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getScreenHeight()

getScreenHeight

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Function: getScreenHeight()

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Returns the height of this screen.

Returns

Screen height

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v18 Python API changes

New function added.

getScreenWidth()

getScreenWidth

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Function: getScreenWidth()

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Returns the width of this screen.

Returns

Screen width

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v18 Python API changes

New function added.