Go Back   Cockos Incorporated Forums > REAPER Forums > newbieland

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-15-2018, 08:29 AM   #1
reapercurious
Human being with feelings
 
reapercurious's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,890
Default floating windows stealing keyboard focus

hi,

i want to hit 'r' to toggle repeat, but if a plugin window is open, 'r' does not reach the reaper transport. i need to move focus to the transport window for the action to work. how can you make "r" always toggle repeat regardless of what window has focus? strangely enough, the spacebar seems to start and stop the transport regardless of what window has focus.
reapercurious is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-15-2018, 10:32 AM   #2
solger
Human being with feelings
 
solger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 5,844
Default

In the FX Chain window: you can try to enable Options > Ignore FX Chain keyboard shortcuts (send to main window).

See post #13: https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=204532


Another option in general is mapping global controls to a MIDI Controller (which usually work regardless of the window focus).
solger is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-16-2018, 02:47 AM   #3
reapercurious
Human being with feelings
 
reapercurious's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,890
Default

thanks,

and for my unsolicited opinion,
i would not trust a plugin developer who uses standard DAW transport shortcuts in their plugins.
reapercurious is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-18-2018, 07:20 PM   #4
Philbo King
Human being with feelings
 
Philbo King's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 3,201
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by reapercurious View Post
thanks,

and for my unsolicited opinion,
i would not trust a plugin developer who uses standard DAW transport shortcuts in their plugins.
Reaper itself does this: Ctrl-R in Fx window: Replace selected effect
In main window: Record

It's not just the FX window.
example- Esc key
Main window: Remove selection/loop
Mixer window: Close window

I've gotten spoiled by having a midi controller keyboard where I have the transport controls and a bunch of other stuff mapped to specific keyboard keys, but it's a bitch if you don't have one.

Ignoring shortcut keys in the FX window is the next best thing, till the Devs fix it some time.
__________________
Tangent Studio - Philbo King
www.soundclick.com/philboking - Audio streams
Philbo King is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-07-2022, 04:07 AM   #5
RoyHansen
Human being with feelings
 
RoyHansen's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 47
Default

Has anyone found a way to toggle 'Ignore FX chain keyboard keyboard shortcuts (send to main window)' permanently?

Typically the keyboard shortcuts I've set up in Reaper are more important to me than those (if any) specified by a plug-in developer.

I'm really interested in having a consistently working 'bypass currently focused plugin' keyboard shortcut available for A/B'ing my noodling with plug-ins.
RoyHansen is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-05-2023, 09:48 AM   #6
ktothe9
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 21
Default

It's quite the smooth workflow deterrent not having the transport controls work when floating windows steal focus. Would be awesome if there was an option just for the main transport controls to be usable while the FX window is in focus, but being able to use the rest of the keyboard shortcuts for editing in the FX window.

Last edited by ktothe9; 11-05-2023 at 09:59 AM.
ktothe9 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 08:07 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.