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Pro Tools Reference Guide480
Scrolling Options
You can configure how contents of the Edit
window scroll during playback and recording.
To configure Scrolling options:
 Choose Options > Scrolling and select one of the
following options:
No Scrolling The Edit window does not scroll
during or after playback. The playback cursor
moves across the Edit window, indicating the play-
back location.
After Playback The playback cursor moves across
the Edit window, indicating the playback location.
When playback has stopped, the Edit window
scrolls to the final playback location.
Page The playback cursor moves across the Edit
window, indicating the playback location. When
the right edge of the Edit window is reached, its en-
tire contents are scrolled, and the playback cursor
continues moving from the left edge of the win-
dow. For more information, see “Page Scrolling
During Playback” on page 480.
Continuous See “Continuous Scrolling During
Playback” on page 480.
Center Playhead (HDX and HD Native Systems
Only)
See “Center Playhead Scrolling” on
page 481.
Page Scrolling During Playback
You can set Pro Tools to scroll the track display
while playing, and also have the edit cursor appear
wherever playback stops.
To make the track display and the edit cursor
follow playback:
 Enable the Timeline Insertion/Play Start Marker
Follows Playback button in the Edit window.
Continuous Scrolling During
Playback
When this scrolling option is selected, the Edit
window’s contents scroll continuously past the
playback cursor, which remains in the center of the
window. With this option, playback is always
based on the Timeline selection (unlike the
Center
Playhead Scrolling
option).
Making a selection in the Timeline or a play-
list, or manually scrolling the Timeline while
in Page Scroll or Continuous Scroll mode sus-
pends page scrolling. To resume page scroll-
ing and jump to the current playback location,
click the Playback Cursor locator in the Main
Timebase ruler (see “Locating the Playback
Cursor when It Is Off-Screen” on page 476).
You can change the Scrolling option while
the Transport is running.
Timeline Insertion/Play Start Marker Follows Playback
button enabled
You can enable or disable the Timeline
Insertion/Play Start Marker Follows Play-
back option in the Operation Preferences.
Press Control+N (Mac) or Start+N (Win-
dows) to toggle the Timeline Insertion/Play
Start Marker Follows Playback preference
on and off.