Would you be able to use this? See also online Help (F1), Timeline, Horizontal scroll bar (e.g.).

vkmast, thank for the reply, but you don't understand my suggestion yet. I understand how to use the scroll bar. When you move the mouse wheel, it zooms in and out to the center of the timeline. I think it should be towards the left, leaving more forward time and less past time visible.

Musicvid, thanx for the reply. If you have the cursor at the right end and press play, you will run out of space on the screen and the cursor will go off the page and force the timeline to jump forward. This is confusing. Isn't it better to have as much of the section you are working on visible on the timeline ? If the default was towards the left side of the screen, then the cursor has more of the screen to go when playing before running out of screen.

It's a matter of personal preference. I prefer it as it is, in the middle. Anyway one mouse click to the left above the tracks or on an empty space and you can quickly move the cursor to the left as far as you want.

EricLNZ, thanx for the reply. Why do you prefer it in the middle ? Habit ? I place the cursor where I want to start, then scroll to zoom in or out, then every time, I have to shift left to put to area that will be playing in the center. Sometimes I need to zoom in tight to get my spot where I will trim to. Then I'll zoom out with scrolling the mouse wheel. That way I can fit the most on the screen as possible. When you click play, the cursor moves to the right, so doesn't it make sense to have more space on the right of the cursor ?

I prefer it in the middle because usually I'm working on Events either side of where I've clicked.

Musicvid, thanx for the reply. If you have the cursor at the right end and press play, you will run out of space on the screen and the cursor will go off the page and force the timeline to jump forward

You need to have total facility with Ctrl, Alt, Space Bar, the Enter Key, and Loop Region first.

Also Arrows and Markers and a half dozen other really essential keyboard commands.

Tutorials 11 and 14 here may contain some ideas for you:

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/tutorials/vegas-pro-basic-tutorial-by-andrew-devis-based-on-sony-vegas-pro-12--106007/

Your Vegas Help details all of the possible key command assignments, but there are so many, it often takes some digging.

Plopping the cursor near the middle of a scene, zooming in, and selecting a larger loop region from either side of the cursor is an extremely common and expeditious navigation technique on the Vegas timeline. May want to try it.

I would be in favor of a user timeline offset on zoom, but as a default to the beginning??

¡Nunca!

We've already got that, it's Ctrl + Home or Ctrl + <

Beyond that, Vegasaur script may do something like what you want, ask your question on the scripting forum.

Explaining how my method doesn't work isn't making much of a dent. Neither would me learning Grazie's way on the keyboard, for that matter.

Graciously, I suggest you learn the controls, work with them, and I'd welcome a chance to revisit your thinking at that time.

Musicvid, Will do. Thanx !!

Beyond that, Vegasaur script may do something like what you want, ask your question on the scripting forum..

@Musicvid How do you get scripts to work in Movie Studio?