EventGhost

Assume you mean change all my keys to include the ALT modifier? ALT+Vol up, ALT+Home etc. It's a remote not a keyboard (see picture below).

Is this not something EG can do?

The search button does a "find" in notepad, but when in Kodi it does a windows search (Kodi loses focus). So obviously ...

See my screenshot below.

I'm trying to remap a few different buttons. I'm having the same issue with all of them. Most are via HID plugin. But having the same issue with Keyboard.Apps key. It's remapped to "c" but when I test it does type the "c" but also pops up a context menu. Volume up and down ...

I could try the Kodi plugin. You seem to think that will be different for some reason?

So atm I'm just trying to use EG go simply remap a key (for example the search button) to a key press (say "s" which Kodi by default uses to open the power off dialog). So it works and I get the power off dialog ...

Thanks. I've already created my own 'keyboard.xml' file. Named it after the remote. My understanding is can be named anything, the defaults are loaded and then the users profiles in alphabetical order. So my file is overriding Kodi defaults. It's working fine, as I've used it to disable the mouse ...

I've just bought a "Rii i25A" remote for use with Kodi.
I've managed to detect the key presses for various buttons (most seem to be HID even the previous and next track). I can map them to a action e.g. emulating a keyboard stroke.

The problem I'm having is the original behavior still persists ...