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How to move the cursor in Audacity?

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SuperLumberjack Posted messages 1221 Status Member -  
SuperLumberjack Posted messages 1221 Status Member -
Hello everyone,

So here it is, I have a silly question, but how do you move that darn selection cursor in Audacity? ^^

When I use the arrow keys it moves the track instead of moving the cursor. Did I miss something or what? o_O

In any case, for now, it's not very good for making precise selections. I've seen more intuitive :-P

Thanks in advance for your help ;-)

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    jycez Posted messages 19 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4
     
    Hello,
    indeed Audacity is not made for precise selections! :)
    If I understood your question correctly, to move the cursor, you click on the "I" icon at the top left! Then you select with the mouse.
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  2. anarsk@ Posted messages 276 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   18
     
    Other versions may have been released after the one I have; I haven't updated it in a long time, but if I’m not mistaken, in mine, all you need to do is click where you want to place it, and with a click-and-drag, you select a part of the song.
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  3. SuperLumberjack Posted messages 1221 Status Member 139
     
    Thank you for your answers ^^

    But I understood that you had to click to place the cursor :-P What I want is to be able to move it precisely with the arrow keys, like in 3/4 of audio or video editors ;-)

    The I icon is enabled by default.
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  4. anarsk@ Posted messages 276 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   18
     
    At my place, it works; you just need to click somewhere and you can adjust with the left and right keys.
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    1. SuperLumberjack Posted messages 1221 Status Member 139
       
      Unfortunately, at my place, the cursor stays in the same spot and it's the track that moves from left to right ^^
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  6. jycez Posted messages 19 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4
     
    Ah! :) So at the bottom of the window there are timers, you enter the start second and the end second and it selects automatically.
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    1. SuperLumberjack Posted messages 1221 Status Member 139
       
      Thank you very much jycez, as well as to anarsk@ ;-)

      That's cool ^^
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