problem getting back from a favorite to super favorites addon

[tstrul1]

Hi,
Hitting return while im in an addon that was opened from SF gets me to programs addon menu and main menu instead of getting back to SF main menu.

GIF for example:
https://ibb.co/0qVPWZN
log:
https://pastebin.com/raw/MA8GvgfY
debug log:
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/xFxPkZP9fX/

kodi 19.1 on windows 10

Thanks in advance!

[jmooremcc]

I created a bug report back in January about a similar issue in Kodi Matrix and was told that Kodi's behavior is correct. My complaint had to do with the difference in how the back button worked vs the "..". I felt they should behave the same, meaning that pressing the back button should take you up one level in the virtual tree.

Personally, I've encountered the same problem you've reported when I created a folder in SF that represented a physical directory on my computer. Hitting the back button would not take me to the previous location but ".." would. I'm currently researching a solution but in the mean time you may have to work around the problem by clicking on ".." to move back to the previous location.

[tstrul1]

Hey,
Im not sure its the exact same thing, even if i press .. im going back to program addons/video menu and not super favorites main menu.

[mrgsi]

This problem has gotten much worse for me using the 2.2.6 update and Aeon-Nox Silvo skin. I get caught in an endless loop that doesn't stop until Kodi crashes on my PC. Hitting the back button or clicking on ".." takes me to the Kodi video menu then when I click the back button it takes me back into the add-on instead of SF menu. If I fall back to version 2.2.5 I can get out by hitting the back button a few times. Whatever was changed in the last update may hold the answer to completely fixing this issue. Even better if there was a way to avoid going to the previous menu and go directly to my Kodi home screen.

[jmooremcc]

This problem has gotten much worse for me using the 2.2.6 update and Aeon-Nox Silvo skin. I get caught in an endless loop that doesn't stop until Kodi crashes on my PC. Hitting the back button or clicking on ".." takes me to the Kodi video menu then when I click the back button it takes me back into the add-on instead of SF menu. If I fall back to version 2.2.5 I can get out by hitting the back button a few times. Whatever was changed in the last update may hold the answer to completely fixing this issue. Even better if there was a way to avoid going to the previous menu and go directly to my Kodi home screen.

I need more information. Please provide a debug log (remember to go into SF settings and enable debugging) plus more detailed information on what specifically you were doing.

Version 2.2.5 had a number of issues which were fixed on my Windows 11 PC and also on my Raspberry Pi4 in version 2.2.6.

[mrgsi]

Sorry for the late reply, I just found some time to look at this. I have a video here: https://mrgsi.com/superfavs.mp4 and I have attached my log file. From what I see, it looks like a conflict with the Aeon-Nox-Silvo skin. I'm just not sure if it's xml coding or the skinshortcuts module. The problem only happens in Silvo's widgets or menu. It doesn't happen if I go into the add-ons browser, then into the super favourites add-on. It's weird and as I mention, worse with the latest update.
kodi.log

[jmooremcc]

I really appreciated the video you provided because it made it clear what's going on.
Unfortunately, your log file doesn't contain the debug information I need.

You should put the following in your advancesettings.xml file:
<advancedsettings> <loglevel>1</loglevel> </advancedsettings>
Next go into SF settings and enable debugging.

When debugging is enabled, I should see an entry like this one:
2022-04-27 12:03:32.737 T:26184 DEBUG <general>: Super Favourites V2.2.6 : ------------------ Launch Parameters ------------------
followed by other information that will help me track down the problem.

I'd also be interested in seeing what happens when you click on your back button. That's an area I fixed to make it work just like clicking on the the parent directory.

[mrgsi]

It's the same if I use the mouse or the back button. If flashes kind of fast but I had keystrokes turned on for the video capture. It flashes in the bottom left. I took about 6 or 7 times hammering the back button to finally break out of the loop. My entire build is on-line if you ever want to play with it. You'd just need to update the version to the current one. I had the debug turned on but didn't work until I made that advanced settings edit. Here is the new log:
kodi.log

[mrgsi]

Just to update, I noticed the issue I was having actually went away when I updated to Kodi 20. Problem is finally resolved.

[jmooremcc]

Just to update, I noticed the issue I was having actually went away when I updated to Kodi 20. Problem is finally resolved.

Glad to hear this. I've always known that the problem was the result of changes to the underlying code which changed Kodi's behavior.

[KOPRajs]

This problem seems to be the same as I'm describing here:
jmooremcc/plugin.program.super.favourites#13

I'm also sometimes caught in an endless loop switching between windows until Kodi crashes. Unfortunately I'm already on Kodi 20.1 and I'm using the default skin. There seems to be a race condition. Possibly a slow ARM device is more affected than a PC.

Debug log is attached in the above issue report.