Greg Doughty Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Is there a way to use the space bar to start a visible screen play only? I struggled with this last year, too. I want to use keyboard shortcuts but I find that if I have the play range set to visible screen, when I hit the spacebar, LOR wants to play the entire piece, but if I use the mouse to click on the green play button at the top, LOR will only play visible screen.Thanks, I think sequencing will go much faster if I learn this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 The way the space bar works is that it will play the freeform play range, if you have set one. If not, it will play starting at the start of the cells you have selected. The latter is so that you can hit space to start play, space to pause, space to resume, space to pause, et cetera.So, if you want the space bar to play your visible screen, then set your freeform play range to the visible screen. The easiest way to do this is probably by click-and-dragging in the time scale (make sure View / Time Scale) is turned on.For more information, please see:http://lightorama.com/help/index.html?freeform_play_mode.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Doughty Posted July 22, 2009 Author Share Posted July 22, 2009 Thanks Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shubb Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 If I could throw my 2 cents in...I think it would be a great help to have the play range as buttons on the tool bar instead of a drop down menu. I constantly switch between "Play Visible Screen" and "Play From Begining" so much that I forget what it was set to when I press Play, then am surprised when it jumps to the start of the sequence.Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzaas Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Shubb wrote: If I could throw my 2 cents in...I think it would be a great help to have the play range as buttons on the tool bar instead of a drop down menu. I constantly switch between "Play Visible Screen" and "Play From Begining" so much that I forget what it was set to when I press Play, then am surprised when it jumps to the start of the sequence.ScottI agree with Scott, I am constantly changing my play ranges and having those as buttons on the toolbar would be much easier.Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Let's make it a trifecta. I also would like to see buttons for switching back and forth between playing full sequence and visible screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael B Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Me Four! I switch a lot, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I'll add vote fivea pull down here would be great - I switch between visible screen, full sequence, and "play from" frequently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Shubb wrote: I constantly switch between "Play Visible Screen" and "Play From Begining" so much that I forget what it was set to when I press Play, then am surprised when it jumps to the start of the sequence.I leave the play range on "Visible Screen". When I want to play from the beginning, I simply hit "Home", then "Space".What I would like is to add the "Play Range" menu to the "Play Preferences" dialog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shubb Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Except "Home" only works if a cell is highlighted, but if you have clicked on anything else such as a tool button then you have to click on a cell and then hit "home" Depending on the tool selected this might change the sequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Shubb wrote: Except "Home" only works if a cell is highlighted, but if you have clicked on anything else such as a tool button then you have to click on a cell and then hit "home" Are you using the same version as I am (2.3.8)? The only way I can make "Home" not work is when I first open a sequence, but in that case it's going to start at the beginning anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shubb Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I think I'm losing it... I read the post, turned on the sequence editor to try it and I swear it would work unless I clicked on a cell. I tried it 5 or 6 times!!!Now, I tried it again and it does go back to the begining.Maybe I've been staring at the editor to long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimCanfield Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I consintantly switch between visable screen and entire sequence along with freeform so something on the toolbar would be nice. As stated before, it is a shock to hit play, expecting it to play the visable screen, and it jump to the beginning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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