Hot Key "Play from here"

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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In previous versions pointing curser and holding Ctrl would play from here. What’s the press in 2.3.0?

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A couple of ways to play from a specific point:

  • Click on the audio track where you want to play from, then press the spacebar.
  • Click in the “time line” ruler at the top (Quick Play)

I don’t recall ever seeing that in any version of Audacity. Perhaps you are thinking of some other program.

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It really was in earlier Audacities and very helpful it was too. I’d cracked the space bar but that’s still a frustrating extra fiddle. Thanks anyway. Perhaps you can define your own hot keys?

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“Audacities” or “Audacity”?
If it was “Audacity”, which version? We are very careful to avoid removing features unless unavoidable for some reason.

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Just checked on a different computer…Ctrl click works on Audacity 2.1.1

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OK, I’m with you now. In Audacity 2.1.1, Ctrl+Click starts “scrubbing”.

If you just want to “play” from a particular point, then you can click on the Timeline (the ruler at the top of the tracks panel). This is called “Quick Play”. https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/timeline.html#tqp

For “scrubbing” in Audacity 2.3.0, see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/scrubbing_and_seeking.html