It would be great to have a visible button on the bottom row beside the transport bar, to show if Return to Start Position on Stop is activated or not.
I use a key command to switch between the two different modes many times a day, depending on what I’m doing. But the only way to quickly see if it is currently on or off, is by pressing the key command again to see what it changes into. A small button to show if it is on or off, would be much better.
I’m sorry if this has already been suggested 572 times.
Instead of a separate indicator button, how about having the PLAY button change color depending on if the Return to Start Postition on Stop is activated or not?
Might be an idea, however, you would have to remember which colour means what. A symbol might explain that better. However, an indicator on the STOP button itself might be an idea (makes more sense than the PLAY button, since this is about changing STOP modes).
Maybe they could add a “return” symbol so that the STOP button is either “Plain” STOP, or STOP AND RETURN. Or something like that. I’m just shooting from the hip here. But some kind of indicator, either way, would be nice.
Double click on the stop button would work for me. First click observes whatever settings are in place, second click returns the cursor to start - no matter what the settings are.
Instead of worrying about return to start position being on or not, I decided to switch to a “play from” approach.
For me,
SPACE means “play from current playhead position.”,
CTRL+SPACE means “play from last stop position”, and
SHFT+SPACE means “play from selection”.
After a bit using these three different “play froms” is second nature, and I never get confused with if things are active or not. And if I always use “ctrl+space”, it is the same as having the “return to start on stop” as far as transport goes. (although the playhead only returns on the actual start command)
As it is, this is actually a much better workflow. I’ve probably been a bit too locked on just pressing Space, when the separate Stop button is so much more useful because of this. Thanks for reminding me!
