Selection Tool not snapping to the end of an audio piece

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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Greetings,

(Windows 10, version 2.1.3)

This is a very minor problem but it’s kinda frustrating especially when dealing with audio loops, the selection tool doesn’t automatically snap to the end of an audio piece when i select it
I’ve tried reinstalling and redefining preferences but it doesn’t seem to work, and this problem only occurs with one project, which has 7 tracks and is about 7 minutes long

Thanks!

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Are you referring to the vertical yellow snap line that appears when you drag a selection to the time position of a clip boundary or label?
What exactly are you doing when the problem occurs?

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Thank you for answering, yes i am referring to that, now that the yellow snap line doesn’t show up i have to manually zoom a lot to select the exact end of a clip

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I’ve seen that type of problem occasionally. Are you able to give exact steps that will reliably reproduce the problem?

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Hi everybody!

I have a problem with editing the labels.

  1. The label disappears when I zoom in too much, but I need this in order to place the label accurately. (See screen capture)
    https://s8.postimg.org/a8bch9mth/audacity_label_vanished.gif

  2. The labels don’t snap to anything. Is it just me or do I need a special shortcut or setting enabled?

Many thanks in advance

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Same here…

The label does not snap to anything and when I zoom in too much it even disappears. Currently there is no way to set a label accurately.

Is there any fix or solution to this problem?

Windows 7 x64 SP1 EN - Audacity 2.1.3 (installed)

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I can’t tell you exactly what triggered it, i’m not sure but i think i saw the problem after i added the 5th track and was editing it (cutting and moving), but that was when i realized it

Also today i recorded another track for the project and when i drag it across the screen It only snaps where it’s highlighted
example.png

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Do you need Snap-To enabled in Selection Toolbar?

If “Snap To” in Selection Toolbar is enabled, mouse-dragged selections and mouse clicks will only snap to the chosen unit of time and not to physical boundaries (unless a boundary is already aligned with the chosen unit of time).


Gale

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You probably have an old version of Audacity. See the pink panel at the top of the page. Try the current Audacity 2.1.3 Audacity ® | Download for Windows.

If you are dragging labels, they don’t snap to other labels, clips, editing cursor or selection boundary. Those are feature requests.


Gale

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I am using Audacity 2.1.3 (installed, not the zip version) on Windows 7 SP1 64-bit
Any ideas? Is this a bug?

Thanks for your answer. I hope these features will be implemented soon, can’t wait to see them.

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I added your “votes” for those features.


Gale

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Using a similar layout to that you show, I could not reproduce the problem in 2.1.3 or 2.2.0-alpha.

Please save it as a project and attach the AUP file so we can see exact timings of the labels and audio tracks. Please see how to attach files to forum posts.


Gale

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I turned it off and it’s working as intended now, thank you very much!