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Old 06-12-2008, 05:36 AM   #1
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Default Toggle ALL keystrokes to plugins

Most of the time I don't want any key commands to go to any plugins.
While some keys don't go to the plugins (F1, F3, Space, etc.) other keys always go to the active plugins windows (F2, keyboard numbers, etc.).
I have a lot of customized key commands which only do work after I made Reaper's main window the active window which is really annoying as the original idea of these key commands is to speed up the workflow. Now I always have to pick up the mouse to click into the main window before I can execute those key commands.

AN ALTERNATIVE would be to have a keyboard assignable action to make the main window the active window which would help already a lot on this behalf.

Thanx a lot for concideration.

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Old 06-12-2008, 11:28 AM   #2
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I'll bump this one. This is important to my workflow.

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Old 06-13-2008, 09:58 AM   #4
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Yes,

51 views and we're getting closer ...

... to a reaction.

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can i somehow turn the keystroke forwarding off? i don't need keystrokes on my plugins and it's annoying - always having to click the arrange window.
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can i somehow turn the keystroke forwarding off? i don't need keystrokes on my plugins and it's annoying - always having to click the arrange window.
THIS is exactly my wish. Are you paraphrazing or wasn't I clear with what I want?

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i guess i didn't read properly, we're on the same page.

requested this a while ago, too

http://www.cockos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21327
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Old 06-14-2008, 06:49 AM   #10
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Ah yes.

This is such a workflow slowdowner. Is it that hard to fix? Please ...

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Old 06-14-2008, 01:00 PM   #11
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99 views for good workflow! Yeah ...
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Old 06-15-2008, 06:54 AM   #12
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OK, I'll try again ...
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Old 06-16-2008, 08:13 AM   #13
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Whassup guys? I know you want it too!

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Old 06-17-2008, 02:34 AM   #14
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This is such a workflow slowdowner. Is it that hard to fix? Please ...
a hard thing to fix? to fix? wrong word, man! they have to 'unbreak' it. it used to work just fine until someone complained that the keyboard shortcuts weren't going to his VSTi.

EVERY time something new made it into REAPER or some behavior was changed, we got an option - except this time, great!

and everyone else in the world probably has no idea what we're talking about...
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Old 06-17-2008, 07:02 AM   #15
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Ah,

was it that Kontakt input prob?? Could we then please have a checkbox for the old behaviour, please? This is very important to me.
Thanx a lot.

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Old 06-18-2008, 03:29 AM   #16
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i don't remember what it was, but someone was complaining. we should have told him to shove it, because now we have 1 happy person that probably doesn't even use REAPER anymore because he's a douche and 2 persons that are unhappy.
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Old 06-18-2008, 06:54 AM   #17
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Not having to keep hittng arrange window to hit play when Plug-in window open

+1111111111111 pretty please?


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Old 06-18-2008, 09:25 AM   #18
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Yes,

now we're talking.

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Old 06-18-2008, 09:38 AM   #19
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IMHO transport key strokes are paramount and should work regardless of which window has has focus.

oh and if you are required to enter a space to perform a search in your sampler's database... the alt+space could be used for that.

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Old 06-18-2008, 03:07 PM   #20
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If there would be a key commandable toggle option strange workarounds like Alt+Space or focus changing mouse clicks wouldn't be needed.
Just toggle all keycommands TO the plugin or AWAY from the plugin.

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Old 06-19-2008, 01:57 PM   #21
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Thanx for the cool 2.302pre! With all these cool additions I have hope for this feature request.

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Old 06-20-2008, 06:12 AM   #22
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Old 06-20-2008, 03:36 PM   #23
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Please give us a key command to toggle ALL keyboard inputs to the plugins or away from the plugins.

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Old 06-21-2008, 08:48 AM   #24
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go shogger...go shogger...go shogger...he chants
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Old 06-21-2008, 11:29 AM   #25
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Thanx Guido,

so this is my evening bump then.

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Old 06-23-2008, 04:09 AM   #26
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i was away for a couple of days, but i'm back and bumping!
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Old 06-23-2008, 10:27 AM   #27
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Shogger, I hacked this up for you quick:



Drop https://stash.reaper.fm/oldsb/47152/reaper_keyignore.dll in your REAPER\Plugins dir. Bind keys of your choice to the action(s). There may be subtle side effects when in ignore mode, user beware. Mode persists across reaper sessions/projects.

Please don't take this as validation for bumping your thread an obnoxious number of times.

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Old 06-23-2008, 12:46 PM   #28
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Here's a +1 for bringing the old behavior back as an option
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Shogger, I hacked this up for you quick:



Drop https://stash.reaper.fm/oldsb/47152/reaper_keyignore.dll in your REAPER\Plugins dir. Bind keys of your choice to the action(s). There may be subtle side effects when in ignore mode, user beware. Mode persists across reaper sessions/projects.
Thanx a lot for your effort, man! Much appreciated. Unfortunately it doesn't work here. Dropped it into C:\Programme\Reaper\Plugins then assigned a key command and it doesn't work.

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Please don't take this as validation for bumping your thread an obnoxious number of times.
Not sure if I understood that part correctly.

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Old 06-23-2008, 02:51 PM   #30
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Oops, the toggle command was busted. Redownload here https://stash.reaper.fm/oldsb/47210/reaper_keyignore.dll.

I added a menu option too:
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Old 06-23-2008, 03:54 PM   #31
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WOOOAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Man, thank you so much!!! This made my day! I can't tell you how many mouse clicks this will save me and therefor time. This is so cool! This is such an incredible workflow booster for me.

Thanx a lot. Very, very nice of you!

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Hehe,

OK, I don't wanna whine and I'm extremely thankful for what you did for me. But the toggle feature doesn't toggle. It switches form Reaper to sub-window but not back. The other two actions do work, toggling would be a bit more elegant.

Thanx again for all your great help, Shogger
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Hmmm, it seems to work fine here. Maybe it's because once you're in "reaper" mode, your key that you bound is being sent to the plugin?

Try binding to a key that's always passed through to Reaper. (Not sure exactly what those are, though. Ctrl-??, alt-?)
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Hi,

Thanks SWS...will try it ASAP.

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Hmmm, it seems to work fine here. Maybe it's because once you're in "reaper" mode, your key that you bound is being sent to the plugin?

Try binding to a key that's always passed through to Reaper. (Not sure exactly what those are, though. Ctrl-??, alt-?)
Thanx for checking this!

Yes, that works. It's not the best solution but it works correctly this way. I've got it on F12 now which works flawlessly.
Thanx again for that great workflow enhancer. That helps me a lot!

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whoa, magic! thanks, man!

how did you do that? seriously, how does it work?
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how did you do that? seriously, how does it work?
Not magic I stumbled upon this "feature" while working on the Markerlist, here's the bug report.

With the extension API you can intercept every keystroke, and, if you want, force REAPER to treat it as a keyboard shortcut. This DLL just lets you toggle it on and off.
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Old 06-30-2008, 04:31 AM   #38
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ok, so after having used it for some time, i have noticed, that having all keystrokes passed down all the time is not ideal, although you provided a good preliminary solution, SWS, and thank you for that, i still think this should be handled by REAPER itself.

text input fields in FX require manual switching, renaming Tracks doesn't work without switching, so it's not the solution of all problems.
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There may be subtle side effects when in ignore mode, user beware.
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ok, so after having used it for some time, i have noticed, that having all keystrokes passed down all the time is not ideal
Yeah, I figured there would be problems... Sorry!
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ah, don't beat yourself up, sws, it's a miracle you came along in the first place

this is so ridiculous, it used to be just fine!

come on, shogger, put on your conservative pants, our demonstration is back up!
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