IWBNI there were a tool bar for the playback control buttons Stop, Play, Record, etc. As it is now, these controls are available on the Playback Controls window. However, this window often obscures one's view of the score.

The playback controls tool bar could have the same features as the existing tool palettes. Specifically, the tool bar could be resized, docked and customized to include any combination of the following buttons:

• Rewind to Beginning
• Rewind
• Stop
• Play
• Record
• Fast Forward
• Fast Forward to End
• Scrolling Play Mode. This could be a two-state button that would operate like the Italics button found in word processing programs (e.g. Microsoft Word 97). When this button is depressed the play mode would be scrolling. Otherwise, the play mode would be non-scrolling. A checkbox option called Pre-Scan Music for Non-Scrolling could be added to the Playback Options dialog box to specify whether or not music should be pre-scanned when non-scrolling playback is selected by using the Scrolling Play Mode button.
• A button to display the Playback Controls window.