Bind "Transport: Record" action to Control+Enter and Control+NumPadEnter for alternative ways to record while focus is in VKB, FX window or other dialogs

[ScottChesworth]

A while ago we added NumPadEnter as an alternative way to start recording, but there are situations where that keystroke didn't pass through to the main window as intended. Adding Control modifier and making the two alternatives Global scope addresses all the situations where users might want to start recording/punch-out. We've kept the Control modifier consistent on Mac in line with other transport keys that typically stay the same, easing transition for folks who use OSARA on both platforms.

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[ScottChesworth]

@jcsteh, had to make Control+Enter and Control+NumPadEnter global scope to get them working in all the places mentioned. Do you foresee any problematic places where those keystrokes need to do their native functions instead of recording? I couldn't think of any during testing.

[jcsteh]

No, assuming this doesn't break OSARA's ListView double click hack. It probably won't because OSARA currently uses a Windows key hook which intercepts REAPER's own keyboard processing. I may end up changing that one day to get some better cross-platform functionality, at which point we'll need to spot check things like this again.

[pitermach]

One potential problem with this shortcut on Mac is that in Mac OS 15, Apple added a native command to bring up context menus, only took them almost 3 decades. ☺️ The shortcut? CTRL+Enter. It's wasn't very publicized and there are still many places where it doesn't work, Reaper being one of them, even in places that do have a context menu. What I was planning to suggest, but kept getting distracted, is for OSARA to bind its open first/second/third menu To CTRL+Enter and so on, in addition to the CTRL+Digits shortcuts that have been there forever. The VoiceOver command is also still there and works in more places so if CTRL+Enter were set up this way it wouldn't be hard to workaround, but I figured this was worth mentioning if you wanted to follow native OS conventions.

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[ScottChesworth]

Thanks, I hadn't heard about that being added. Any other suggestions for a secondary record binding?

[pitermach]

Sorry, I didn't see this until now. CMD+Enter could work, it's not occupied on the main keymap. It is used in the media explorer to insert as new take, but I don't think it'd be very likely someone would want to start recording there.