How to open your OSMC favorites with one keypress?

• navigate to the folder /home/pi/.xmbc/userdata/keymaps

• edit a file called keyboard.xml (create one if it doesn’t exist yet!)

• add the following text to the file:
  <keymap>
  <global>
  <keyboard>
  <F1>ActivateWindow(Favourites)</F1>
  </keyboard>
  </global>
  </keymap>
  (of course you can replace <F1> by a different key)

• Reboot the PI:
  sudo shutdown -r now

Now your ‘favorites menu’ will appear anytime you press your <F1>-key!