Cannot use Enter to play after manual scrolling

cacofonix2013 · 23rd July 2013, 01:44

Hi guys,

I hope this is OK to ask and hasn't been covered a hundred times already!! I am a newby on Winamp Forums. You guys do an amazing job!

I am using Winamp on my laptop. I have set up, in my preferences, the Enter key to play the selected track and Space bar to stop.

My problem is, if I scroll down manually using the up and down buttons or any other method and end up highlighting a track, I cannot just hit Enter to have it play, I HAVE to double click it with the mouse. Is there any way around this. When I am in the middle of a gig, speed is of the essence and I am holding a guitar so just a quick scroll and hitting enter when the track is highlighted would be fantastic.

Keep up the fantastic work, all of you.

Thanks in anticipation.

Aminifu · 23rd July 2013, 03:26

Hi cacofonix2013,

On my system when the playlist editor has the focus and global hotkeys are disabled in General Preferences, I can use the up and down arrow keys to scroll and the enter key to start playback on the song I stop on.

Do you have some other keyboard utility running that may be interfering with things?

cacofonix2013 · 23rd July 2013, 08:37

Hmmm. Not that I am aware of, Aminifu. Can you suggest something it might be? Do I have to be in any particular view? I would like it universal and to be able to have the Local Media showing and use it on there as well as Playlists but it just won't do it. I literally turn on the laptop, start Winamp and that's it! It is the same on every laptop and Desktop I have. I am wondering if it is a setting I have done something with. Baffled. Thanks again.

cacofonix2013 · 23rd July 2013, 23:11

AHA, I have just realised what I am doing wrong. I am a f**kwit! Sorry, Aminifu. Ihad Global hotkeys enabled and wasn't using the default keys. Now it works. However, this now raises a new problem. I am using the Karaoke plugin for my work and after I have hit Enter to start the track, the lyrics come up in a separate window so Winamp loses the focus and I have to click the program with the mouse to regain focus before I can stop the track if I have to. Any ideas? Thanks again.

Aminifu · 24th July 2013, 01:24

A new problem? Displaying the lyrics will move the focus away from the playlist editor. I know of no way to stop that.

cacofonix2013 · 24th July 2013, 06:11

Heh heh. I guessed as much. Well, thank you so much anyway. I appreciate it.

23rd July 2013, 01:44	#1
cacofonix2013 Junior Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 4	Cannot use Enter to play after manual scrolling Hi guys, I hope this is OK to ask and hasn't been covered a hundred times already!! I am a newby on Winamp Forums. You guys do an amazing job! I am using Winamp on my laptop. I have set up, in my preferences, the Enter key to play the selected track and Space bar to stop. My problem is, if I scroll down manually using the up and down buttons or any other method and end up highlighting a track, I cannot just hit Enter to have it play, I HAVE to double click it with the mouse. Is there any way around this. When I am in the middle of a gig, speed is of the essence and I am holding a guitar so just a quick scroll and hitting enter when the track is highlighted would be fantastic. Keep up the fantastic work, all of you. Thanks in anticipation.

23rd July 2013, 03:26	#2
Aminifu Forum King Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 4,891	Hi cacofonix2013, On my system when the playlist editor has the focus and global hotkeys are disabled in General Preferences, I can use the up and down arrow keys to scroll and the enter key to start playback on the song I stop on. Do you have some other keyboard utility running that may be interfering with things? Winamp v5.9.1.10029 - Quinto Black CT v3.6 skin Windows 11 Home 64-bit v22H2 desktop - Logitech Z906 5.1 speaker system

24th July 2013, 01:24	#5
Aminifu Forum King Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 4,891	A new problem? Displaying the lyrics will move the focus away from the playlist editor. I know of no way to stop that. Winamp v5.9.1.10029 - Quinto Black CT v3.6 skin Windows 11 Home 64-bit v22H2 desktop - Logitech Z906 5.1 speaker system

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23rd July 2013, 08:37	#3
cacofonix2013 Junior Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 4	Hmmm. Not that I am aware of, Aminifu. Can you suggest something it might be? Do I have to be in any particular view? I would like it universal and to be able to have the Local Media showing and use it on there as well as Playlists but it just won't do it. I literally turn on the laptop, start Winamp and that's it! It is the same on every laptop and Desktop I have. I am wondering if it is a setting I have done something with. Baffled. Thanks again.

23rd July 2013, 23:11	#4
cacofonix2013 Junior Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 4	AHA, I have just realised what I am doing wrong. I am a f**kwit! Sorry, Aminifu. Ihad Global hotkeys enabled and wasn't using the default keys. Now it works. However, this now raises a new problem. I am using the Karaoke plugin for my work and after I have hit Enter to start the track, the lyrics come up in a separate window so Winamp loses the focus and I have to click the program with the mouse to regain focus before I can stop the track if I have to. Any ideas? Thanks again.

24th July 2013, 06:11	#6
cacofonix2013 Junior Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 4	Heh heh. I guessed as much. Well, thank you so much anyway. I appreciate it.