@andyog, my apologies for not responding. I just saw your note this morning, and now comes the news that the issue will not be fixed.
I recently worked on a template that had over twenty-five instances. This bug was a kludge in the extreme -- constant extra-clicking to open. And that was compounded by the slow UI. My Mac mini 2018 is an Intel, which doesn't help.
No line of products means more to me than VSL. I don't like posting my frustrations. Indeed, I am surprised there are not more cheers for these amazing libraries on this forum.
But this issue and the aforementioned inability to launch playback from within VEP interrupt the creative flow like a fly in the studio.
Sigh, reach for the mouse, reposition, click and carry on. I can't control the problem -- only my reaction to it.
Thanks for raising the visibility of the issue.