[Swiss1000]

There is no concept of the audio player having "focus", as some users change the settings to have it up all the time while still turning pages, although it currently may get keyboard focus because Microsoft's framework is automatically assigning focus to the buttons when you click on them (I'm going to have to see if I can stop that from happening). It may be visible, but that doesn't mean users would suddenly want all their pedal actions to stop functioning because of it. The left/right arrows are commonly used keys for bluetooth pedals, so rerouting those to the player if it's visible would likely cause issues for some users that leave the audio player visible while performing. I'll have to add some actions at some point for skipping forward and backward in the audio track so that users that want to use the left/right arrow keys for that (instead of for turning pages) can assign that in the settings.

The purpose of the audio player is really to play a backing track while performing (meaning you aren't actively interacting with the audio player while performing). You can link a smart button to an audio file if you want it to launch that file in your default audio player application.

Mike

Sorry, but it seems obvious that you're the one not playing; interactions are inherent in music...
The audio player is useless on a score unless it's a learning aid, even in backing tracks. And a learning aid requires interaction: Start, Pause, looping difficult passages, going back 5 or 10 seconds, or skipping ahead to a passage already learned... (ETC) 
In our opinion, this audio player has no use without possible interaction. We would prefer to have a "Use the system player by default" option.