99% of the time, if a user clicks the song ruler, it's because they want to hear the song from that position. If you're in PATTERN play mode, though, it won't even let you click the ruler, so you have to go click the tiny little SONG button then come back and click the ruler.
Instead clicking the ruler should change the song play mode to SONG (if PATTERN is currently selected).
Have you checked out the latest version of Hydrogen? Because this is exactly what it does.
- clicking the ruler of the song editor activates Song Mode and places transport somewhere in a song
- clicking the ruler of the pattern editor activates Pattern Mode and places transport somewhere within a pattern
Gods be praised! This behaviour has bugged me for so so long. Thanks for the heads up; this ticket can be closed (I looked to see if I could do it myself, but maybe don't have permissions?).
Last edit: Mark Schnitzius 2023-10-02