If
none of the possible options is selected under
Preferences > Video > OSD options
depressing [i]-key repeats the most recent OSD message.
E.g. also if "Pause" was the most recent OSD-message: the movie (of course) simply continues playing when depressing [i], however continuously showing the OSD-message: "Pause" (even when paused and unpaused after that).
(Note: also added to main=initial post of this thread; fixes will be mentioned in main post)