What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Run PandoraBoy on my Leopard system 2. Hit any hot key (like, dislike, next, play/pause) and nothing happens

I've configured several of the keys for thinks like Option-P, Option-N, Option-D.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead? The keys should work

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? v0.7.0 on Leopard (10.5.6)

Please provide any additional information below.

I'll dig into it, but I doubt that you can make hot keys that involve only the Opt key. Opt-n for instance is mapped to compose-with-tilde so that you can type ñ (Opt-N n). Opt-p is the letter π. It would be similar to trying to map Shift-A to a global shortcut. Character composing is done too early to be redirected this way.

I'm pretty sure the Cmd key needs to be part of the key combination.

Actually, I think this is a duplicate of Issue 39. Can you see if it works once you restart PB?

I have noticed that some hot keys work better after restarting but I think the problem I am running into mostly is the other apps having conflicting key binding for the hot keys I've set up to use. Can you suggest what you use yourself for your key binding?

my hotkeys don't work (they did when i first installed, months ago). i just reinstalled pandora... but still nothing.

I believe this will be fixed in 0.8.

mac os x 10.5.8, Pandora 0.8.0, i still can't use hotkeys. the right-arrow, left-arrow, space-bar works, but the function key's logos: next, pause, prev. do not work still. keep up the good work either way, i love this app. :)

Has there been any resolution for this issue? My hotkeys worked for months, but just stopped working about a week ago. I've tried using alternate key combinations, but to no avail.

Mac OS X 10.5.8 / PB 0.8.0

Many thanks.

Hotkeys don't work for me, with PandoraBoy open and active, or hidden. I'm only testing the Play/Pause shortcut.

Mac OS X 10.6.2 PB 0.8.0

I have clicktoflash enabled, don't know if that might be interfering.

I downloaded the most recent version (PB 0.8.0) and at first the hotkeys didn't work. However, I simply chose the hotkey settings under the PandoraBoy Preferences tab, and then made sure that they matched the ones in the System Preferences. The key is, when entering the hotkeys with their corresponding action, to use the name listed in the menu bar. For example, the menu bar says "Thumbs Up" vs "Thumbs Down" whereas PandoraBoy uses "Like Song" and "Dislike Song." The hotkeys will only work if they're entered into System Preferences as "Thumbs Up" even though they're listed in PandoraBoy Preferences as "Like Song." However, for some reason the actual function to Like or Dislike Songs from the Menu bar seems to be disabled.

If you follow the logic for the other controls they work so long as you're within PandoraBoy. The program needs to be fixed so that the hotkeys can be used when the program isn't on top.

I'm not yet certain why this is causing trouble. One thing to try while I look at reimplementing this logic:

defaults delete com.frozensilicon.pandoraboy

This will delete all PandoraBoy settings (not Pandora settings, just PandoraBoy, like hotkeys). Try restarting and re-registering your hotkeys with 0.8.0 and see if it improves things.

BTW, to an earlier question: My personal hot keys all involve Ctrl-Opt-Cmd. For instance, Ctrl-Opt-Cmd-Space is my Play/Pause. Ctrl-Opt-Cmd-Right is my skip. If you're having trouble, please let me know what key combo you're using and I'll try recreating it.

I am having the same trouble. I use this app daily and all of the hotkeys stopped working after upgrading the Adobe Flash player to version 10.1.53.64. I am unsure of the previous version I was running. PandoraBoy is version .8 and I am running OSX 10.6.4.

I tried to remove all of the hotkeys and reassign them again without success. I tried to reboot my machine without success. I deleted all of the preferences and reassigned my hotkeys with the terminal command above without success.

I tried at add a keyboard shortcut through the keyboard preferences. After I could see the shortcut reflected in the menu through PandoraBoy. That is when I noticed I cannot use the menu controls to control the music. Play/Pause, next song, etc work if I click within the flash of the application window. If I try to use the menu choices to perform the same functions this does not work.

@gephelps

I recently lost all hotkey functionality after upgrading to Adobe Flash Player 10.1 as well. I think there might be some relation to the update and the hotkeys not working.

After updating to 0.8.2 my hot keys are now working! Thanks guys :)

Agreed, 0.8.2 resolves the hotkey issue for me as well. I believe this bug can be closed.

Updating to 0.8.2 did not solve it for me. Hotkeys still not working, tried various combinations.

Try this:

• Launch PandoraBoy
• When it comes up, click on the window
• Select some other app
• Now see if the hotkeys work

I'm suspecting that if you never select the window, the events aren't getting sent to it because it may not be key yet.

Following the steps in comment 18:

• deleted prefs via terminal
• Launch PandoraBoy
• set hotkeys
• remain in PandoraBoy * hotkeys work
• switch to another app * hotkeys don't work
• Quit PandoraBoy
• Launch PandoraBoy
• When it comes up, click on the window * hotkeys work
• Select some other app
• Now see if the hotkeys work * hotkeys don't work

OS X 10.6.3 PandoraBoy 0.8.2 Flash 10,0,42,34 <<< note that behavior exists in Flash Player 10 as well!

My hotkey combo is ctrl-cmd-leftarrow.

(also, fwiw, PandoraJam experiences exactly the same issues)

Upgrading to Flash Player 10,1,82,76 restored hotkey functionality for me on OSX 10.6.4.

I spoke too soon. Not working anymore.

An additional symptom: when trying to set the hotkey for play/pause as ctrl-cmd-leftarrow, the leftarrow registers as "Space". ctrl-cmd-uparrow registers as ctrl-cmd-pad+, and ctrl-cmd-downarrow registers as ctrl-cmd-minus.

Just doing cmd-arrow or ctrl-arrow records fine, but still does not function.

With the hotkey registered as ctrl-leftarrow, with pandoraboy having focus, ctrl-leftarow does not register, but ctrl-cmd-leftarrow does!

Very confusing.

@robnapier:

• Launch PandoraBoy
• When it comes up, click on the window
• Select some other app
• Now see if the hotkeys work

Worked for me, thanks!

If anyone is still having issues with hotkeys after Flash updates I was able to resolve the issue by uninstalling Flash Player from my Mac. Then reinstalling the most recent version of Flash Player. (10.1.102.64).