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mcq:
Hi Craig - thanks for helping
Yes ctrl1 ctrl4 get me near - but I'm still then stuck in Standard View (un-necessary) simply to get access (with a mouse) to the minimise button, so as to get to the underlying app - then I need to return to Standard View in order to get 'focus' after which ctrl 4 'may' take me back to where I was.

Do I have to do re-mapping? I'm a user not a techie.

If we had Min/Win/Max buttons it would be 3 actions only, with only the mouse, no keyboard or remote.

I don't understand the reluctance to doing this as it doesn't impact any other aspect of the app.
Every other windows app I have behaves this way - as does the player already - it's a fundamental part of 'Windows' and windowing.

Why do I need to keep going via standard View when I don't need it except for access to Min/Win/Max buttons - does that hold water?

cncb:
Oh, I thought you wanted to go to Standard View.  You could try mapping ALT+TAB to a button and I think there is also a minimize command for MC. If you need help mapping buttons let us know.

JimH:
Ctrl-3 for Display View

mcq:
Craig

Alt+Tab at first seems to work - but only if you haven't moved to a different window underneath  - and it only gives me minimised but not windowed.

To the best of my knowledge you cannot use the keyboard to get back to your original window if you have changed the focus underneath more than once by just using Alt+ Tab.
That's exactly why only with a mouse and buttons can you do this simply and ergonomically.
Spare a thought also for those who may have an impairment, other than set-up they should only rarely have to use a keyboard - remote and mouse are the only tools they need and they can be used with either hand.
There are loads of guys on the MS web sites that have tried to do this but they all fail because of loss of focus or complexity.

The only simple straightforward way is as I requested - I simply don't understand why not.

Aside I would be interested in instructions for mapping remote buttons to MC functions, both a list of default mappings and how to alter.
As I said earlier, the best thing would be to have all the mapped and mappable buttons exposed in Tools>Options - then that would be straightforward.

01:07 here now - pressing the 'Sleep' button  :)

Hendrik:
Theater View is not a normal window, its not designed to go in to "Windowed mode" or have window controls. Its not even designed to really be used with the mouse at all. It would be a rather major change to offer such functionality, which seems rather niche of a use-case when you could just quickly flip out of Theater View and back in when you are done with your email or such.

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