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I've looked at the manual, did a 'net search and here... couldn't find anything...

I'm using the Media Page to mark clips.

If I select a clip in the Media Pool (list view) it shows in the Viewer, as expected. The "focus indicator" still shows the Media Pool as the active panel. The spacebar and JKL keys work, but if I pause playback the left and right arrow keys don't work to move the playhead. If I do use the left and right arrow keys, the highlighted column heading in the Media Pool moves.

Looking through the menus, I couldn't find anything that would make the Viewer the active panel. The Workspace menu "active panel" selections are grayed out. In fact, it seems that you have to click inside the Viewer to make it active. The same seems to go with the other panels on the Media Page.

Is this a bug, or am I missing something? It would be nice to be able to switch active panels on the Media Page with a menu selection or a keyboard shortcut.

I warmly support the raised topic. Shortcuts are required to activate panels of the Media Page.
Since I want to do all the post-production of my feature film in DaVinci Resolve, I need to use the Media Page to prepare footage for editing, namely to synchronize the image and sound.

Timecode or waveform syncing tools do not always work good, because the camera and sound recorder often have different timecodes, or the sound on the camera is badly distorted or absent and the program can't sync correctly. Especially when we have to sync dozens of shots as a result of a production day.

Therefore, the best way to synchronize is by using a clapper board. However, I cannot switch between the media pool panel and the viewer using the keyboard. Hundreds of frames can be synchronized quickly only with the keyboard without using the mouse. But there are no hotkeys for switching between panels.

The Tab key does not work in a clear way and cannot be used to return from the viewer to the media pool.

Maybe I left something out of the way, and a really nice and quick method for keyboard shots synchronization still exists. I want to hope for that.

This is a definite workflow that should be addressed. I am editing a feature in resolve as well. Sometimes the synced files can unlink themselves and mute all of the tracks. So occasionally I have to resync them. It could be an issue when the computer falls asleep and the Extrenal Raid follows suite. Whatever the reason for the need, basically having to resync files quickly without using the mouse could save a ton of time. It seems easy enough to make the keyboard shortcuts for active panel selections in the Edit page, work similarly in activating panels in those same "regions" of the screen or even panels with essentially the same function as the Edit page.

Kind of a simple solution that makes alot of sense those who are really using DR for end to end feature film workflows.