The last few days I've been having a weird problem with VLC - left-clicks are mostly ignored.
Right-click works just fine.
I say mostly because, for example, if the first thing I click when VLC opens in full-screen is the timeline, than that specific widget will work.
Same with the play/pause.
What I have checked:
1. Changed the USB port the mouse if connected to.
2. Windows 7. No new updates lately, except the anti-virus signatures (tried putting vlc.exe on the whitelist).
3. Tried install/reinstall of same (1.1.11) and different (2.2.1 - latest) versions.
4. Tried resetting config.
5. The wireless mouse. Tried a couple of different mice and even a wired one. Same result.
Note that this problem "spread" to other applications, e.g. firefox, BUT changing the USB settings to prevent Windows from shutting down a port to save power (I am on a desktop) seems to have solved it for everything except VLC.
The program is still usable as long as I don't want to change config or use the full-screen controls. I can access almost anything through the right-click menu or mouse wheel ... doesn't mean that this is not annoying as hell!!
Side-note ... I was using the old version because on my TV the bottom controls kept appearing half out-of-screen on newer versions (problem not solved in 2.2.1 either).
Back in the day I tried editing some config to change positioning, but that didn't really work.
A solution for that would be nice as well
Thanks!