Arrow keys are not moving cursor

cmango · April 4, 2025, 1:33pm

I just updated to 3.7.3 from version 2 and the arrow keys are not moving the cursor during playback. It worked in the older version. Is this something I need to go into Settings and correct?

owls_are_watching · April 4, 2025, 1:54pm

In Audacity 3.7.3 arrow keys intentionally don’t move the cursor during playback by default. You can enable the cursor movement in keyboard preferences (edit - preferences - keyboard):
‘Move cursor when playing’ - for left/right arrows
‘Move selection with playback’ - optional, for up/down arrows
Click ok and restart playback to test.

cmango · April 4, 2025, 2:55pm

Hi, thanks for the reply. I’m not seeing ‘keyboard’ under edit>preferences. This is the menu I have:

steve · April 4, 2025, 2:57pm

It has been renamed “Shortcuts”.

cmango · April 4, 2025, 3:04pm

Found it, thanks!