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I've recently got around to purchasing a second-hand Push, after years of wanting one (couldn't justify the extra cost of a Push 2, sadly) and have been blown away by how much fun it is to use.

One thing I've been puzzled by is the behaviour of Live's Browser panel. When I open Browse mode in Push, the left-hand browser panel pops open in Live itself; exiting Browse mode on the Push doesn't cause Live's browser to fold away again, though. This is a bit of a nuisance: I've got quite a few nested folders which I use regularly, so the Live browser panel needs to be quite wide to be any use, but I only have a 15" screen so keeping it open permanently takes up too much screen space.

Is there a way to close Live's Browser panel directly from Push? If I have to keep going back to my laptop to close the panel, I may as well just use my mouse to load devices and samples, which kind of defeats the point of having Push in the first place.

I guess I could also hack something using a MIDI-to-keystroke converter mapped to the Browse button, but I'd prefer a simpler solution if one exists. Any suggestions?

I have this same question in 2019 with Push 2.

That's one of the many features available in my PAM m4l device