Bug 2435 – Some menu commands grayed out when playback paused

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Audacity 3.0.3 development began 19th April 2021

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Bug 2435 - Some menu commands grayed out when playback paused


Summary:	Some menu commands grayed out when playback paused

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Audacity
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Other
Version:	2.4.0
Hardware:	Per OS All

Importance:	P3 RepeatableAll
Assigned To:	Default Assignee for New Bugs

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Reported:	2020-05-16 15:47 UTC by Steve Daulton
Modified:	2021-01-28 15:52 UTC (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)

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Steps To Reproduce:	1) Generate a chirp 2) Click Play and Pause 3) Open "Edit > Clip Boundaries" 4) Observe: that "Split" and "Split New" are grayed out
Release Note:	Group: TBA *Some commands are grayed out when playback is paused.
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Workaround:	Click the "Stop" button if necessary to enable the command.
Closed:	2021-01-28 00:00:00

Flags:	petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Win+ petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Mac+

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Description Steve Daulton 2020-05-16 15:47:29 UTC

Most commands in Audacity 2.4.0 can be actioned when playback is paused, stopping play if necessary.

There are a number of exceptions, thus inconsistencies, that need to be resolved:

"Edit > Remove Special > Split Cut"
"Edit > Remove Special > Split Delete"
"Edit > Remove Special >Trim Audio"

"Edit > Clip Boundaries > Split"
"Edit > Clip Boundaries > Split New"

"File > Export > Export Selected Audio"

There may be others.

Comment 1 Leland Lucius 2021-01-27 22:06:36 UTC

Fix in:

https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/5aa5b0df6dcd416fd52f276421941892cde2c35b

Comment 2 Peter Sampson 2021-01-28 09:33:39 UTC

(In reply to Leland Lucius from comment #1)
Testing on W10 with Audacity 3.0.0 a2bcd53

When paused the commands listed are no longer grayed out at Step 3 and thay can be used.

I tested
"Edit > Remove Special > Split Cut"
"Edit > Remove Special > Split Delete"
"Edit > Remove Special >Trim Audio"

"Edit > Clip Boundaries > Split"
"Edit > Clip Boundaries > Split New"

"File > Export > Export Selected Audio"

Comment 3 Peter Sampson 2021-01-28 14:50:10 UTC

(In reply to Leland Lucius from comment #1)
Testing on macOS 11.1 Big Sur with Audacity 3.0.0 a2bcd53

When paused the commands listed are no longer grayed out at Step 3 and they can be used.

I tested
"Edit > Remove Special > Split Cut"
"Edit > Remove Special > Split Delete"
"Edit > Remove Special >Trim Audio"

"Edit > Clip Boundaries > Split"
"Edit > Clip Boundaries > Split New"

"File > Export > Export Selected Audio"

Comment 4 Peter Sampson 2021-01-28 15:52:25 UTC

Examining the Commit for this fix
https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/5aa5b0df6dcd416fd52f276421941892cde2c35b

shows that it is clearly not platform-specific - accordingly as this works on both Win and Mac I shall close this as FIXED