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Ive setup a simple macro to center the workview on the current cursor position. I would like to use the macro while the audio is playing so I can put the playback cursor in the center of the screen while playing.... But while other hotkeys work during playback, ones attached to macros do not.

To test, create a new macro label it "center on cursor":
add zoom out
add zoom in

assign it to a hotkey, and play some audio.
Using these actions manually work, but the macro does not during playback.

You're correct about the behaviour, but it's not a bug, it's a limitation of the design.

"Macros" are not (and not intended to be) a full featured "scripting" interface. For that you would need the experimental "mod-script-pipe", but that's not quite ready for prime-time.

"Macros" are really just an extension of the old "Chains" feature, which was based on the idea of "chaining" effects, and as you will be aware, Audacity isn't a real-time processing application - playback has to be stopped before applying effects.

Ah! That makes sense!
Ill wait for the mod support Hopefully soon.

Thanks!