Unknown icon (?) in audacity main screen [SOLVED]

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17bob3O
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Unknown icon (?) in audacity main screen [SOLVED]

Post by 17bob3O » Fri Apr 07, 2017 10:48 pm

Hello, Very newbie here,

My system is Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.

I downloaded the Audacity 2.1.3 .zip file

I somehow clicked a button and it created an icon (?) in the middle of the main screen.
icon.jpg
What is it ?
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If I mouse over it a message appears saying "Show scrub ruler"

I'm not hardly advanced enough to use the "scrub ruler"

How do I get rid of that icon ?

Thanks
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Robert2
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Re: Unknown icon (?) in the audacity main screen

Post by Robert2 » Sat Apr 08, 2017 5:37 am

“The Scrub Ruler is used solely for Scrubbing and Seeking and can be turned off by right-clicking in the Timeline and selecting Disable Scrub Ruler from the dropdown menu.” Have a look at Timeline

HTH.
Cheers,
Robert
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Re: Unknown icon (?) in the audacity main screen

Post by steve » Sat Apr 08, 2017 10:38 am

17bob3O wrote: How do I get rid of that icon ?
That's the "Scrub Toolbar". http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tool ... html#scrub
You can turn it off (de-select it) in "View menu > Toolbars".
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Re: Unknown icon (?) in the audacity main screen

Post by waxcylinder » Sat Apr 08, 2017 2:16 pm

If you don't want or need scrubbing at all - then not only can you remove the Scrub Toolbar you can also hide the Scrub Bar,

The Scrub Bar is the gray bar directly under the Timeline - to hide it just right-click in the Timelin or in the Scrub Ruler and select "Disable Scrub Ruler".

This will give you a liitle more screen real-estate - but more importantly it will stop you inadvertently moving into Scrubbing mode.

See this page in the Manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/scru ... #scrubbing

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Re: Unknown icon (?) in audacity main screen [SOLVED]

Post by 17bob3O » Sun Apr 09, 2017 10:46 pm

Thank everyone for prompt replies. Solved the problem.

Thanks again

17bob3O
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