Click on timeline plays selection if time unit is seconds

[DickN]

If the time unit is set to “seconds” and snap is set to “Nearest” or “Prior”, clicking on the timeline anywhere except very close to a whole second plays the selection (or from the select cursor) instead of from the mouse cursor location on the timeline. I did get it to play from the mouse cursor location a few times from very nearly an exact half-second.

The zoom is as set by Ctrl-2.

OS: Windows Vista Home Premium SP2;

Audacity version: 2.1.2 or 2.1.3 Alpha Apr 28 2016. 2.1.3 is from the zip; I can’t say whether 2.1.2 is from the zip or the installer.

• DickN

[steve]

@DickN

If the time unit is set to “seconds” and snap is set to “Nearest” or “Prior”, clicking on the timeline anywhere except very close to a whole second plays the selection (or from the select cursor) instead of from the mouse cursor location on the timeline.

That’s the correct.
The Play position is indicated by a vertical line over the tracks, which should be yellow rather than the usual white colour, to indicate that it is “snapped” to a time location.

[Gale_Andrews]

@DickN

If the time unit is set to “seconds” and snap is set to “Nearest” or “Prior”, clicking on the timeline anywhere except very close to a whole second plays the selection (or from the select cursor) instead of from the mouse cursor location on the timeline. I did get it to play from the mouse cursor location a few times from very nearly an exact half-second.

The zoom is as set by Ctrl-2.

Thanks, Dick. Yes very occasionally it will play from the Timeline click position but generally not. Bug added http://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1520.


Gale