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-title: Positioning the Playhead
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-<p>
- The <dfn>playhead</dfn> is a vertical line with two arrows at each end
- that indicates the current position of playback.
-</p>
-
-<h2>Positioning the playhead at the current pointer position</h2>
-<p>
- Pressing <kbd>P</kbd> will set the playhead to the current position of
- the pointer, if it is within the editor track area.
-</p>
-
-<h2>Positioning the playhead on the timeline</h2>
-<p>
- A <kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd> click anywhere on the timeline (rulers)
- will move the playhead to that position.
-</p>
-
-<h2>Positioning the playhead with the transport clocks</h2>
-<p>
- Click on either the primary or secondary transport clock and
- <a href="/ardours-interface/using-ardour-clock-displays">edit their value</a>
- to move the playhead to a specific position.
-</p>
-
-<h2>Positioning the playhead at a marker</h2>
-<p>
- Click <kbd class="mouse">Right</kbd> on the marker and select either
- <kbd class="menu">Locate to here</kbd> or <kbd class="menu">Play from
- here</kbd>.
-</p>
-<p>
- The playhead can also be moved backward and forward through the markers by
- respectively pressing the <kbd>Q</kbd> and <kbd>W</kbd> keys. Pressing
- <kbd>Home</kbd> and <kbd>End</kbd> will move the playhead to the special
- markers <dfn>start</dfn> and <dfn>end</dfn>, respectively.
-</p>