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[bandal]

I have a videoplayer app that shows a Welcome Icon and when pressed it opens up to a few Category Leafs. I would like to know if there is a way to position my focus on the CategoryLeaf itself on for example the 4th Leaf.
Thanks,
DA

[MSGreg]

If you're talking about a roPosterScreen and the banner between the top and posters:

posterscreen.SetFocusedList(itemIndex)

[bandal]

No I need focus on the Description Text on the CategoryLeaf bar itself.

Like on the Leaf bar there is text that may say:

My Videos My Photos My Music

and below the text itself is the actual multible Icons I would click to play

I would like for example the Focus to rest on My Photos in the example text above or some index that equals 1 in this case. The text comes from the xml files from videoplayer and has the area to fill out for CategoryLeaf.

Hope this makes sense.

[MSGreg]

It's not clear to me. Can you reference actual component names from the Developer's Guide?

I'm referring to the category titles listed for the roPosterScreen in the arced-landscape style, for example.

When you say "Category Leaf", that makes sense: the poster with text underneath. When you add "bar" to that, it doesn't make sense. What "bar"?

The only bar I am aware of has the list of categories, such as "My Photos", "My Videos" in place where "Categories[0]" and "Categories[1]" are in the links above. Those seem like category titles, not leaves.

Maybe someone with more experience can chime in here.

[TheEndless]

poster.SetFocusToFilterBanner(True) might be what you're looking for...

[bandal]

Here is the area with <categoryLeaf title=" HHHHHH" I want to put a Focus on from the xml file. Don't know why the Bold or underline didn't work to show where for this example.

<category title="Hip Hop Videos" description="All your Favorite Hip Hop Videos" sd_img=
	"http://www.xxxx.org/rokubrian/images/158hh1.jpg" hd_img="http://www.xxxxx.org/rokubrian/images/214hh1.jpg">
	 <categoryLeaf title="Hip Hop Videos" description="Watch all Episodes of Hip Hop Videos here!" feed="http://www.xxxxxx.org/rokubrian/xml/hiphopvideo.xml" />
	</category>
	
	<category title="R &amp; B Video" description="All Your Favorite R &amp; B Music" sd_img="http://www.xxxxx.org/roku/images/cult2_sd.jpg" hd_img="http://www.xxxxx.org/roku/images/cult2_hd.jpg">
	    <categoryLeaf title="HHHHHHHH" description="R &amp; B Video" feed="http://www.xxxx.org/rokubrian/xml/r+bvideo.xml" />
	</category>

	<category title="Dance Videos" description="All Your Favorite Dance Videos" sd_img="http://www.xxxxxx.org/rokubrian/images/158dance1.jpg" hd_img="http://www.xxxxxxx.org/rokubrian/images/214dance1.jpg">
	    <categoryLeaf title="Dance Music Videos" description="Watch Dance Music Videos" feed="http://www.xxxxx.org/rokubrian/xml/dancemusicvideo.xml" />
	</category>

[bandal]

I tried this with no luck on the Filter Bar focus in videoplayer and in videoScreen.brs and set this line: m.screen.SetFocusedList(1). I thought the filter bar focus would change to the second filter bar title. But no.

If i have 3 items on the Filter Bar the left most Filter Bar Title is highlighted or focused. What if I want the middle focused first?

[belltown]

In appPosterScreen.brs, in showPosterScreen () change:

    screen.SetContentList(getShowsForCategoryItem(category, m.curCategory))
    screen.Show()

to:

    screen.SetContentList(getShowsForCategoryItem(category, m.curCategory))
    screen.SetFocusedList (1)
    screen.Show()

[bandal]

belltown, 😄

Thanks for the info. I will try it today.

Update: It worked and I am thankful.
DA