How can one get out of a mode one fell into and can't get out of? Occasionally I find myself stymied by a mode I cannot find an escape for. Nothing works, not even closing after a good night's work. I could close without saving, but I lose all the work for that period. Isn't there a command or a button to return the program to its pristine state?
I'm using Audacity 2.1.2 on a 64 bit Dell Inspiron 7000 series
track menu all grayed out on Quick-play enabled
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
Re: track menu all grayed out on Quick-play enabled
What exactly is happening in this "mode"? Is the track playing forward/backwards when you move your mouse? If so, then you have stumbled into "scrubbing". To get out of it, try clicking the Stop button.
Info about scrubbing (and "seeking") in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/scru ... eking.html
Note that will be a lot of changes to scrub and seek in the next version of Audacity (in an attempt to make it more user friendly), so when the next version comes out it will be worth looking in the manual to see how it has changed.
Info about Quick Play here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/timeline.html#tqp
Info about scrubbing (and "seeking") in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/scru ... eking.html
Note that will be a lot of changes to scrub and seek in the next version of Audacity (in an attempt to make it more user friendly), so when the next version comes out it will be worth looking in the manual to see how it has changed.
Info about Quick Play here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/timeline.html#tqp
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