Scrubbing the timeline : actual view ?

Scrubbing the timeline is a must. Without the ability to scrub the timeline, Storyline will not remain competitive with other tools. It would be good, since Storyline outputs swf files and HTML5, if the designers and developers would look at other popular tools that have timelines you can scrub, particularly Flash. Not doing so, would be like starting a car manufacturing company, and deciding that it would be a good idea to swap the placement of the brake and gas pedal. 

Hi, Ted -- Thank you so much for sharing your input. Your frustrations are understood, and we hope you will consider sharing your insights via the feature request form here, as well. 

I just added a feature request for this.  I'm doing my first storyline project, converting an old presenter course so it can be HTML 5.  This is super frustrating that this basic feature isn't available AND that it's been 3 years in the request pipeline for such a request that should have been part of the software when it was released.  Why have a timeline if you can't scrub it?

I'm just getting myself acclimated to Storyline 360 because it's what my client has been using. Having come from long-term use of Flash, Director, After Effects, etc., I am astounded that I can't scrub or at least play a real-time preview in the timeline.

In addition John - I connected some dots on this feature (thanks for submitting yours as well) for our team so that it is more accurately represented. Thank you!

I submitted the scrub/timeline playback feature as well.

It's understandable if "High Level" functions don't work due to needing specialized code when in "preview" mode, but just to playback the basic screen elements LIVE. This feature is Desperately needed. I had this feature in Captivate 3.0 back in 2007, so SL is already a Decade behind this particular curve. (Great product otherwise, but sheesh!)

I have also submitted a feature request for this ability. As I mention in my request, I say that I'm not looking for 100% real-time scrubbing (a la Flash or video editors), but for the stage to show the "current" objects only where the playhead it placed "once the SL author stops moving the playhead".

The way things are currently, with 100% of all objects stacking on top of one another, is sways me away from creating more complex timeline animations. Of course we can decide to constantly hide/show layers, but that gets pretty cumbersome.

Perhaps between 2018 & 2019 - depending on the priority of this request - we might see such a feature in updates.

As this request was documented several years ago, I am also curious as to whether there has been any traction on implementing this feature request?

The ability to have real-time scrubbing would vastly improve accurately timing animations to audio.

The current “Play Preview to Sync” method is far from efficient.   

Hi Darrel and Pierre, 

We do have a feature request submitted to our team about this and with the launch of Articulate 360, we've shifted how we handle features. You can read more about our process here. 

So with that being said, it's in the right hands on our team and I'll be sure to let them know about the continued interest based on this discussion.

Once we do have more to share, I'll be certain to update you all here. 

I too am interested in where this feature is in the development phase.