Control.GetLabel not fully working in Kodi 22
Author: malvinas2Created Aug 9, 2026Updated Sep 16, 2026
LabelsComponent: SkinIgnored rulesTriage: NeededComponent: GUI Info
Bug report
Control.GetLabel does not always read correctly the content of a label, in case the label is assigned to a variable.
Expected Behavior
Please try the attached code consisting of a raw example of DialogVideoInfo.xml and a variable, which has to be added to Variables.xml inside the Estuary-Skin.
The example shown on the right does not work in Kodi 22 (using Win10 here): Control.GetLabel stays empty, the logo is not shown.
One may argue that the used VISIBLE condition is some kind of race condition, but it perfectly worked in former Kodi versions.
(BTW: Why is Control.GetLabel empty if the content of the variable equals 'noentry' (this happens in Kodi 21 and 22)
Source: xbmc/xbmc