As shown in my button mappings:
I use Context menu from the Android TV integration mapped to the long press OK button.
Just FYI - I see the exact same thing. With the Android TV integration, the OK/ENTER button pulls up that limited pause menu. The same button in the bluetooth integration pulls up the menu we want. But I don’t like the bluetooth integration because it is slow to start up. I’m trying a few things and I’ll post here if I figure something out!
Hey! So I figured it out. With the Android TV integration, Kodi sees the remote as a game controller. I am using the R3, but I’m assuming it’s the same integration.
The Unfolded Circle remote identifies itself to Kodi as a game-controller (game.controller.default). In the FullscreenVideo key-map that profile binds the center DPAD_CENTER/“a” button to PlayPause, so pressing OK during playback only pauses and shows the slim seek bar instead of the full OSD.
Fix
Create a joystick key-map that overrides that one button:
userdata/keymaps/virtual-remote.xml ← this can be named anything, I think
OSDSave, restart Kodi (or reload key-maps). Hope this helps!
Even better:
Add-ons, perpheral libraries, joystick support must be disabled.
Then it works perfect for me.
Ralf
That was the first thing I tried. But it made the remote stop workign completely. I assume because it is handled as a joystick in Kodi. I had to plug in a keyboard to re-enable joystick to make it work. This fixed it for me perfectly.