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What is the "start playback from here" vertical bar called--the vertical black bar in the picture to which the red arrow is pointing?

Its the "cursor position"

WC

waxcylinder wrote:Its the "cursor position"
WC

That is what I was "afraid" of--the "cursor" is the image you move around with the mouse, not a static location. At least now I can ask my real question...

Edgar wrote:
That is what I was "afraid" of--the "cursor" is the image you move around with the mouse, not a static location. At least now I can ask my real question...

A common misconception. The thing you move around with the mouse is the "pointer". The edit point (in a word processor or in Audacity) is the "cursor".

-- Bill

billw58 wrote: A common misconception. The thing you move around with the mouse is the "pointer". The edit point (in a word processor or in Audacity) is the "cursor".

-- Bill

How right you are! Unfortunately, in the source code both objects are called "cursor" (variables like: mLastCursorPosition -- refers to the "vertical bar", mArrowCursor = new wxCursor(wxCURSOR_ARROW) -- a "pointer" holdover from wxWidgets, mPencilCursor = MakeCursor( wxCURSOR_PENCIL, DrawCursorXpm, 12, 22); -- a "pointer".

I know it is way to late to change something this fundamental, but it is frustrating!