Play Button Control

I would like to allow a user to press the play button from the main menu to start the movie/track.
However, I find that from the main menu the play button is not activated. To start the main track a user has to select a button and press enter.
Again, I would like them to be able to press play to start the movie.

Just make the Play button the default button in the menu inspector, Menu tab. Then hitting Enter will play the track. Perhaps you accidentally made an extra button with no text on it that is the default button now.
Russ

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