# Sensitize blank panel to mouse clicks when playing audio?

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**Category:** Scrivener for macOS\
**Tags:** feedback\
**Created:** [November 19, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/sensitize-blank-panel-to-mouse-clicks-when-playing-audio/9690 "2010-11-19T16:48:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![simonings](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@simonings](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/simonings)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/sensitize-blank-panel-to-mouse-clicks-when-playing-audio/9690/1 "2010-11-19T16:48:28Z")

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Actually, while I’m here, one other thing I’ve noticed.  
I do a lot of split-screen work.  
When a panel has text in it, clicking anywhere in the text brings the focus to that panel.  
When the panel has a video in it, I click the video to bring the focus over.  
For audio, the panel is entirely grey (obviously!) and I have to click the panel’s title bar to bring the focus over.  
So – is there a way of sensitizing that grey blank space to a mouse click, so I can shift focus without having to click the title bar?

S.

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**Author:** ![KB](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KB](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/KB)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/sensitize-blank-panel-to-mouse-clicks-when-playing-audio/9690/2 "2010-11-19T17:24:54Z")

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Not that I know of - you can click in the control bar at the bottom, but the big grey area is a QuickTime view, and that is handled by the OS X QuickTime frameworks rather than Scrivener itself. I’m not sure why it doesn’t react to mouse clicks, but that’s an Apple thing I’m afraid.  
All the best,  
Keith

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**Author:** ![simonings](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@simonings](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/simonings)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/sensitize-blank-panel-to-mouse-clicks-when-playing-audio/9690/3 "2010-11-19T17:55:59Z")

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Yep. I see. Thanks Keith, it’s lovely to use a programme that uses familiar elements in familiar ways so you can figure out what everything’s doing; the odd cosmetic inconsistency is a price well worth paying.

Now all we need is a browser version compatible with ie6 (sorry, sick joke, but it is Friday…)

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**Author:** ![AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/amberv/32/13021_2.png) [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/sensitize-blank-panel-to-mouse-clicks-when-playing-audio/9690/4 "2010-11-19T23:44:21Z")

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> [@simonings](#):
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> Now all we need is a browser version compatible with ie6 (sorry, sick joke, but it is Friday…)

That’s just evil! 🙂