[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
I can't believe this hasn't been fixed yet. Other music player apps (e.g. Spotify) use space for pause without apparent issue. The space bar is the largest affordance on a keyboard and play/pause is the most common action in a music player (and often the one with most urgency attached), so it makes sense to use it in this way. As things are currently (v3.4.4, October 2022), I can't even use tab to select the play/pause button, so the argument about accessibility appears spurious in practice. At the very least, there could be a preferences option to enable play/pause on space. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 Title: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/185928/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
This is a standard for music players. Follow the standard!!! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 Title: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/185928/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
"Play/Pause" is the most basic/ important shortcut used in a music player and it is incredibly impractical to have to hit "Ctl + p" every single time. Space bar is the standard key for this in virtually all other music players, as far as I'm informed. I have searched up on this issue for a few hours by now and still have not found a solution, but I simply cannot imagine that there still isn't one? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 Title: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/185928/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Assignee: Paper Cuts Ninja (papercuts-ninja) = (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 Title: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/185928/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
I haven't read the implementation for gnome accessibility w/ space bar, but could I suggest that the selection order of the widgets be changed so that play/pause widget is the first selected on window focus? Then, so long as the user does not hit Tab while in the application, space bar will be play/pause as expected by (many?) at least me and OP. We could even go so far as physically swapping the (previous track) widget and the (play/pause) widget? At this point, it would be a design issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 Title: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/185928/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
The upstream bug is about a slightly different issue; the text and icon on the play/pause button toggling when you toggle between those states. It's not about the 'space' key. I'm going to unlink the bugs and mark this as Won't Fix, since I cannot see that we will change this behaviour in Ubuntu. ** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Won't Fix ** Changed in: rhythmbox Importance: Medium = Undecided ** Changed in: rhythmbox Status: Confirmed = New ** Changed in: rhythmbox Remote watch: GNOME Bug Tracker #326066 = None ** Changed in: rhythmbox Status: New = Invalid ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: Triaged = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 Title: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/185928/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Milestone: precise-4-music-video = quantal-1-audio-video -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 Title: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/185928/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: Invalid = Confirmed ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Importance: Low = Medium ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Milestone: None = precise-4-music-video ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Assignee: (unassigned) = Papercuts Ninja (papercuts-ninja) ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: Confirmed = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 Title: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/185928/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
In precise it doesn't work again. If I press Space key the song started from the beginning. In addition to this, Rhythmbox become the default music player in ubuntu again, so I think it would be nice if this bug became an active bug in the papercut project. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 Title: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/185928/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
I don't know why but, in Ubuntu Natty, pressing space actually does toggle play/pause although, in the menu, the shortcut appears to be CTRL-space... The major problem with this behaviour is that you can't type space in the search bar without toggling play/pause... Very disturbing! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 Title: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
I'd second the call for SPACE to activate play/pause in Rhythm Box. A one-touch play/pause is essential. Try this: playing your guitar, learning a song. You have to play/pause. You can't be fiddling around with CTRL+SPACE or whatever when you are trying to pin down a riff. Or what happens if the phone rings when you are rocking out? Or you're eating cornflakes in your best suit? As for accessibility, having SPACE as play/pause is a darn sight more accessible than having to fumble all over CTRL+SPACE or whatever. Also regarding accessibility, if SPACE needs commandeering for accessibility applications, surely it can so be without stopping SPACE being used for play/pause when accessibility applications are not active. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 Title: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
- Rhythmbox is no longer the default music player. Closing papercut For further information about papercuts criteria, please read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaperCut. Don't worry though, this bug has been marked as Invalid only in the papercuts project. ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: Triaged = Invalid ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Milestone: maverick-round-6-sound+video = None -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
** Tags added: a11y ** Tags removed: accessibility -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
** Changed in: totem Status: Unknown = Invalid ** Changed in: totem Importance: Unknown = Medium -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
** Changed in: rhythmbox Importance: Unknown = Medium -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
The patch does the opposite of what the Totem FAQ says. I admit, the Totem FAQ may not seem the most authoritative source. So here's what the GNOME HIG [1] says about using the space key as a shortcut: The following shortcut keys are reserved for keyboard navigation use by the various widgets used in GNOME, and should not normally be over- ridden by your application. Space Toggle selected state of focused check box, radio button, or toggle button [1] http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/input- keyboard.html.en#widget-navigation ** Tags added: accessibility -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
OK, I am withdrawing my merge proposal and un-assigning me. ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: In Progress = Triaged ** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress = Triaged ** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Assignee: Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) = (unassigned) ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Assignee: Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) = (unassigned) -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
In fact, this bug cannot be 'triaged' because it cannot be fixed. Marking 'Won't fix' ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: Triaged = Won't Fix ** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Won't Fix -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
The upstream bug is still open. ** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Status: Won't Fix = Triaged ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: Won't Fix = Triaged -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = In Progress ** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) = Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: Triaged = In Progress ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Assignee: (unassigned) = Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
** Branch linked: lp:~bilalakhtar/ubuntu/maverick/rhythmbox/papercut- fix-185928 -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
The attached branch fixes the issue. -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
As I understand from the Totem FAQ, space cannot be used as an accelerator because it's reserved for activating regular user interface elements for accessibility reasons. Citing from http://projects.gnome.org/totem/#faq: Q: Why doesn't the space bar work to play/pause in windowed mode? It only works in fullscreen, and sometimes in windowed mode. A: The space bar will work in fullscreen. But when in windowed mode, for accessibility reasons, we cannot use the space to play/pause (it is used to push buttons already). It will work sometimes, as the play/pause button, or the video widget might be the one with the keyboard focus. Try using P to play/pause instead. The proposed patch hurts accessibility. -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
Mihai, So this is exactly what the proposed patch does. -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
** Also affects: totem via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370732 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Milestone: lucid-round-6 = maverick-round-6-sound+video -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
I noticed the same behavior in Totem. I found a related Gnome bug that explains this behavior: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370732 Space is reserved to activating widgets for accessibility purposes. It can't be used for anything else. There's an entry in the Totem FAQ about this: http://projects.gnome.org/totem/#faq You can make Space toggle playback right now by first highlighting the Play button in the toolbar by pressing Tab. The behavior you're seeing during playback - the song starting from the beginning - is cause by the action associated with the song list widget, which is normally the selected widget. The behavior of the song list widget could be changed to toggle playback. Or keyboard focus could switch to the play button automatically after you start a song, though I don't think that's a good idea. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #370732 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370732 -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
Seemanta: I'd love to see this fixed for Lucid, are you still able to submit a patch? -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
I can write a patch for this. Shall I add it here or shall I raise a new rhythmbox bugzilla bug ? If yes, how shall I connect these two bugs? Sorry if my questions sound stupid. I am new to launchpad, so please bear with me. -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
Seemanta you can add the patch to this report, there's no need to open a new one for that, thanks. -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
Seemanta, the proposed behavior is that the button no longer appears pressed under any circumstances; instead, only the icon on the button changes between play and pause. To repeat, while playing the button should not appear pressed -- it should have a pause icon. -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 185928] Re: Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused)
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Importance: Undecided = Low ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: New = Triaged -- Pressing Space key should toggle play/pause (pause when playing; play when paused) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
