Scrolling Options

For more information, see the following topics:

Page Scrolling During Playback

Continuous Scrolling During Playback

Center Playhead Scrolling

Half-Screen Edit Window

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:

None

The Edit window does not scroll during or after playback. The playback cursor moves across the Edit window, indicating the playback 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 entire contents are scrolled, and the playback cursor continues moving from the left edge of the window. For more information, see Page Scrolling During Playback.

Continuous (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit Only)

See Continuous Scrolling During Playback.

Center Playhead (Pro Tools HD Only)

See Center Playhead Scrolling.

Making a selection in the Timeline or a playlist, or manually scrolling the Timeline while in Page Scroll or Continuous Scroll mode suspends page scrolling. To resume page scrolling 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).