Index: libs/libmythui/mythuibuttonlist.h
===================================================================
--- libs/libmythui/mythuibuttonlist.h	(revision 23010)
+++ libs/libmythui/mythuibuttonlist.h	(working copy)
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@
 
     QVector<MythUIStateType *> m_ButtonList;
     QMap<int, MythUIButtonListItem *> m_ButtonToItem;
+    QMap<QString, QString> m_TriggerEvents;
 
     bool m_initialized;
     bool m_needsUpdate;
Index: libs/libmythui/mythuibuttonlist.cpp
===================================================================
--- libs/libmythui/mythuibuttonlist.cpp	(revision 23010)
+++ libs/libmythui/mythuibuttonlist.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include <QApplication>
+#include <QKeyEvent>
 
 #include "mythuibuttonlist.h"
 
@@ -828,8 +830,34 @@
         QString action = actions[i];
         handled = true;
 
-        if (action == "UP")
+	if (m_TriggerEvents.contains(action))
         {
+	    QString key = m_TriggerEvents[action];
+
+            QKeySequence a(key);
+            int keyCode = a[0];
+            Qt::KeyboardModifiers modifiers = Qt::NoModifier;
+
+            QStringList parts = key.split('+');
+
+            for (int j = 0; j < parts.count(); j++)
+            {
+                if (parts[j].toUpper() == "CTRL")
+                    modifiers |= Qt::ControlModifier;  
+                if (parts[j].toUpper() == "SHIFT")
+                    modifiers |= Qt::ShiftModifier;   
+                if (parts[j].toUpper() == "ALT")          
+                    modifiers |= Qt::AltModifier;            
+                if (parts[j].toUpper() == "META")
+                    modifiers |= Qt::MetaModifier;
+            };
+
+            QKeyEvent *event = new QKeyEvent(QEvent::KeyPress, keyCode, modifiers, key);
+            MythMainWindow *window = GetMythMainWindow();
+            QApplication::postEvent(window, event);
+        }
+        else if (action == "UP")
+        {
             if ((m_layout == LayoutVertical) || (m_layout == LayoutGrid))
                 handled = MoveUp(MoveRow);
             else
@@ -1033,6 +1061,17 @@
     }
     else if (element.tagName() == "drawfrombottom")
         m_drawFromBottom = parseBool(element);
+    else if (element.tagName() == "triggerevent") 
+    {
+	MythMainWindow *window = GetMythMainWindow();	
+
+        QString context = element.attribute("context", "");
+        QString action = element.attribute("action", "");
+	QString keylist = window->GetKey(context, action);
+        QStringList keys = keylist.split(',', QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+        QString trigger = getFirstText(element);
+	m_TriggerEvents[trigger] = keys[0];
+    }
     else
         return MythUIType::ParseElement(element);