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SPACE hotkey for pause/play doesn't work initially for some locales [#21083]

Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 10:01 am
by almo9004
Prior to version 5, I was able to press the space bar in the main window to pause or resume playback. This was very useful as an accessibility hotkey so I did not have to move my mouse to the pause/play button to do the same. In version 5, pressing space bar in the main window does nothing. Please bring this useful feature.

Re: Restore ability to pause/play by pressing Space

Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 1:13 pm
by Lowlander
Did you try setting it as a Hotkey under Tools > Options > Hotkeys?

Re: Restore ability to pause/play by pressing Space

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 1:22 pm
by almo9004
Did you try setting it as a Hotkey under Tools > Options > Hotkeys?
No, I did not know about those settings. Or at least I had forgotten about them... Thanks for the tip.

There might be a localization bug here. I went to the Hotkeys and saw that "Playback: Play/Pause" was already assigned to "Space". However, pressing space in the main window did not actually play/pause. I then went back to Hotkeys and redid the assignment. When I pressed Space in the Edit hotkey field, it showed up as "BLANKSTEG" (space in my Swedish locale). After hitting Apply and OK, the hotkey started working. There might be multiple factors involved in this bug: Swedish locale + having migrated the settings from MM4 (which I did).

Re: Restore ability to pause/play by pressing Space

Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2024 12:04 pm
by schrabolli
This method from "almo9004" was successful for me :D . I am using a keyboard with a "QWERTZ" layout and the German system language. It appears to be a translation issue or a reference error for the keyboard in use. When reassigning the Hotkey "Space" by pressing the "Spacebar", the label "LEER" appeared for me.

Re: Restore ability to pause/play by pressing Space

Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2024 4:06 pm
by rusty
Thanks for the information. We haven't been able to replicate this, but will look into it when time allows.
Tracking at https://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=21083

-Rusty

Re: SPACE hotkey for pause/play doesn't work initially for some locales [#21083]

Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2024 11:06 am
by rusty
fyi, this should be fixed in build 3043.

-Rusty