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Hitmaker
March 27, 2019
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Windows 10 Desktop 4.3.4 - Spacebar No Longer Toggles Play/Pause

  • March 27, 2019
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There was a time when the spacebar toggled play/pause. There doesn't seem to be a way to set your keyboard shortcuts in any preferences/settings. This should be an easy fix if this has not been implemented or was broken in one of the newer versions.
Best answer by Rudi
Hi there @JustinL

Can you reinstall the app? It should work as we have this enabled.

27 replies

Guitar Hero
February 27, 2022

Hey there, can you please reinstall the app from here> 

https://www.deezer.com/desktop/download/artifact/darwin/x64/5.30.160

 

I can’t reproduce the issue! 

 

First of all, I’m talking about windows, and you sent me a dmg file (im guessing its a mcOS thingy)

Secondly, let me describe my problem and what I’ve done so far.

I’ve had this problem since the beginning, windows 10 and 11 the same way, when I alt+tab out and back, the space bar doesn’t pause the music anymore. I have to manually click inside the app, then the space works. I’ve just reinstalled the app (from the microsoft store, coz it seems on available anywhere else, real shame) and I have the same problem. 

 

Once deezer gets out of focus, space doesn’t work anymore, you have to manually click *inside* of the app, title bar doesn’t work, nor alt tabbing back.

 

If you could send this info to the dev team, that would be nice.

Thanks

Yula
Deezer Staff
Deezer Staff
February 28, 2022

Sorry, you are right, this is the right link: https://www.deezer.com/desktop/download/artifact/win32/x86/5.30.160

 

When I use the desktop app on my windows pc, I just need to open it and press the space bar to stop or play a song. It works perfectly on my side. 

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Guitar Hero
February 28, 2022

I tried the one you sent me, I experience the same issue. May be windows issue, I don’t know at this point.

Roadie
March 30, 2022

I’m here to report the same issue that @Kukac perfectly described.

Of course I add myself to this topic without opening a new thread for this.

Thanks

Yula
Deezer Staff
Deezer Staff
March 31, 2022

hey @gothant, are you also on Windows 10 or 11? 

@Kukac is there a way you could send a video so that we can try and reproduce the issue better? 

 

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Roadie
March 31, 2022

@Yula I’m on Windows 10.

Don’t know if something is misleading you: you can just try and open the app, DON’T click inside it and press the spacebar. Although the app is on top over every other app or program, the spacebar doesn’t do anything until you click inside the app.

Guitar Hero
March 31, 2022

@Yula here is the video: 

 

Guitar Hero
July 4, 2022

Same issue here. If you do not click inside the app to focus, the space bar does not trigger play/pause. It does not if you open the app (when it was closed before), and it does not if you tab to the app from another app using alt-tab (if the app is already open).

Guitar Hero
July 4, 2022

By the way, I’m on v 5.30.270.

Yula
Deezer Staff
Deezer Staff
July 4, 2022

Thank you everyone, this has been reported!

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