fh1805 Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 Robert,Are you saying that, on your Vista system, whilst having the Slides view open, you can start the mini-player by pressing the spacebar? On my Win 7 system, when in the Slides view, pressing the spacebar simply takes the currently selected image into fullscreen display of the image - no sound, no advance through the sequence. The spacebar only becomes operable as a play/pause toggle after the mini-player has been started into "play" mode using the "Play" button. In that respect, the mini-player behaves just the same as the O&A window. The play function has to be started before the spacebar becomes an active toggle switch.regards,Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 Is Robert refering to a previous Version / Beta?If so which?DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertAlbright Posted January 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 Peter and DaveI am referring to operating on the Timeline in the main screen. In this mode the spacebar operates Play/Pause without the need to press Play first. This has been the case for some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fh1805 Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 Thanks for that clarification, Robert. This highlights a major concern that I have with PTE's user interface, especially in v7.5. The same keyboard key (or keyboard shortcut) can have a different effect in different views. I feel sure that this has to be a source of confusion for users both new and experienced. Taking the spacebar as being just one example:-in the Slides view it switches the selected image into full-screen display and then back again.-in the Timeline view it operates as a Play/Pause control for the mini-player-in the O&A view it operates as a Play/Pause control but only after the play has been initiated with the "Play" buttonI feel sure that users, especially new users, would prefer a situation where, having discovered what a particular key does in one part of the product they have confidence that the same key will do the same thing in other parts of the product.regards,Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertAlbright Posted January 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 PeterI agree in principle. Standardisation is important, both within PTE (same key does the same thing in different screens for example) and with common standards external to PTE (space bar plays and pauses images and sound).Note that Igor has already agreed to address the #third of your points.Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 Robert (and other users),Please try this special version:https://dl.dropbox.com/u/27544810/picturestoexe-setup-space-key.exeSpace key now works correctly for Play/Pause in the Objects and Animation editor.If everything is OK, I'll include this code for next update 7.5.4 officially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertAlbright Posted January 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 Thank you Igor. It works perfectly.Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Robert,I'm glad! Please use this version while we're working on the final update 7.5.4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 This improvement is included to the new offical version 7.5.4 today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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