# Snapping cursor to musical bars? **URL:** \ **Category:** FMOD Studio\ **Created:** [November 23, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/snapping-cursor-to-musical-bars/13552 "2017-11-23T04:16:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spectralgeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@spectralgeth](https://qa.fmod.com/u/spectralgeth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/snapping-cursor-to-musical-bars/13552/1 "2017-11-23T04:16:05Z")
Is there an option to do this in the most current version of Fmod? I gave it a try, but it doesnt seem to work by default I think, it will be really important to make sure if I place the cursor on the track it can snap to bars if need be. ---
**Author:** ![richard\_simms](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/richard_simms/32/261_2.png) [@richard\_simms](https://qa.fmod.com/u/richard_simms)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/snapping-cursor-to-musical-bars/13552/2 "2017-11-23T20:59:14Z")
Hi Jesse, If you switch the timeline to display Beats (click “Beats” at the top of the event editor window displaying the time) you can snap the cursor to what beat markers are displayed by pressing left and right on the keyboard. You can make these jumps bigger or smaller by zooming in and out of the timeline. The cursor will snap to the next displayed beat number. Thanks, Richard ---
**Author:** ![spectralgeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@spectralgeth](https://qa.fmod.com/u/spectralgeth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/snapping-cursor-to-musical-bars/13552/3 "2017-11-23T22:25:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Hi Jesse, > > If you switch the timeline to display Beats (click “Beats” at the top of the event editor window displaying the time) you can snap the cursor to what beat markers are displayed by pressing left and right on the keyboard. > > You can make these jumps bigger or smaller by zooming in and out of the timeline. The cursor will snap to the next displayed beat number. > > Thanks, > Richard Very helpful, thank you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fractanimal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/fractanimal/32/3897_2.png) [@fractanimal](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fractanimal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/snapping-cursor-to-musical-bars/13552/4 "2023-07-10T00:21:40Z")
this is still frustrating. there should be a way you can snap only to full bars, so it literally will not let you move a piece of audio anywhere other than at a whole bar grid. ---
**Author:** ![joseph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/joseph/32/264_2.png) [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/snapping-cursor-to-musical-bars/13552/5 "2023-07-10T01:09:34Z")
> [@fractanimal](#): > > there should be a way you can snap only to full bars This is possible. The cursor locks to notches displayed on the ruler, which depend on zoom level, so if you adjust the editor to a zoom level where only bars have ruler notches, you’ll be able to snap content to only bars. ---
**Author:** ![fractanimal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/fractanimal/32/3897_2.png) [@fractanimal](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fractanimal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/snapping-cursor-to-musical-bars/13552/6 "2023-07-10T01:17:42Z")
yeah, I meant not dependent on zoom level. When I need to copy paste 100 loops along the timeline its really frustrating to have to zoom in to check every single one is on the bar ---
**Author:** ![joseph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/joseph/32/264_2.png) [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/snapping-cursor-to-musical-bars/13552/7 "2023-07-10T01:28:18Z")
I can see how that would be frustrating. I’ll add your suggestion that we add a way of snapping only to bars to our feature and improvement tracker. ---
**Author:** ![fractanimal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/fractanimal/32/3897_2.png) [@fractanimal](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fractanimal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/snapping-cursor-to-musical-bars/13552/8 "2023-07-10T14:13:47Z")
amazing \<3 ---
**Author:** ![JonathanLL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@JonathanLL](https://qa.fmod.com/u/JonathanLL)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/snapping-cursor-to-musical-bars/13552/9 "2024-05-31T15:38:18Z")
Hi, I wanted to know if that feature has been implemented yet? It would make my life so much easier than constantly zooming in and out. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![joseph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/joseph/32/264_2.png) [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/snapping-cursor-to-musical-bars/13552/10 "2024-06-03T06:11:13Z")
As of the time of writing (June of 2024), this feature has not yet been implemented. I’ll add you to the list of people interested in it. ---
**Author:** ![fabfilter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/fabfilter/32/8371_2.png) [@fabfilter](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fabfilter)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/snapping-cursor-to-musical-bars/13552/11 "2025-04-15T18:25:48Z")
Maybe let us choose the notch value and let us assign each value to a shortcut.