diff --git a/src/toolbars/ControlToolBar.cpp b/src/toolbars/ControlToolBar.cpp
index af56e337f..7b7ecfdf0 100644
--- a/src/toolbars/ControlToolBar.cpp
+++ b/src/toolbars/ControlToolBar.cpp
@@ -751,8 +751,7 @@ void ControlToolBar::OnPlay(wxCommandEvent & WXUNUSED(evt))
    auto p = GetActiveProject();
 
    if (doubleClicked)
-      p->GetPlaybackScroller().Activate
-         (AudacityProject::PlaybackScroller::Mode::Centered);
+      StartScrolling();
    else {
       if (!CanStopAudioStream())
          return;
@@ -792,11 +791,11 @@ void ControlToolBar::PlayDefault()
 
 void ControlToolBar::StopPlaying(bool stopStream /* = true*/)
 {
+   StopScrolling();
+
    AudacityProject *project = GetActiveProject();
 
    if(project) {
-      project->GetPlaybackScroller().Activate
-         (AudacityProject::PlaybackScroller::Mode::Off);
       // Let scrubbing code do some appearance change
       project->GetScrubber().StopScrubbing();
    }
@@ -857,22 +856,7 @@ void ControlToolBar::OnRecord(wxCommandEvent &evt)
    mRecord->ClearDoubleClicked();
 
    if (doubleClicked) {
-      // Display a fixed recording head while scrolling the waves continuously.
-      // If you overdub, you may want to anticipate some context in existing tracks,
-      // so center the head.  If not, put it rightmost to display as much wave as we can.
-      const auto project = GetActiveProject();
-      bool duplex;
-      gPrefs->Read(wxT("/AudioIO/Duplex"), &duplex, true);
-
-      if (duplex) {
-         // See if there is really anything being overdubbed
-         if (gAudioIO->GetNumPlaybackChannels() == 0)
-            // No.
-            duplex = false;
-      }
-
-      using Mode = AudacityProject::PlaybackScroller::Mode;
-      project->GetPlaybackScroller().Activate(duplex ? Mode::Centered : Mode::Right);
+      StartScrolling();
       return;
    }
 
@@ -1278,3 +1262,42 @@ void ControlToolBar::UpdateStatusBar(AudacityProject *pProject)
 {
    pProject->GetStatusBar()->SetStatusText(StateForStatusBar(), stateStatusBarField);
 }
+
+void ControlToolBar::StartScrolling()
+{
+   using Mode = AudacityProject::PlaybackScroller::Mode;
+   const auto project = GetActiveProject();
+   if (project) {
+      auto mode = Mode::Centered;
+
+      if (gAudioIO->GetNumCaptureChannels() > 0) {
+         // recording
+
+         // Display a fixed recording head while scrolling the waves continuously.
+         // If you overdub, you may want to anticipate some context in existing tracks,
+         // so center the head.  If not, put it rightmost to display as much wave as we can.
+         bool duplex;
+         gPrefs->Read(wxT("/AudioIO/Duplex"), &duplex, true);
+
+         if (duplex) {
+            // See if there is really anything being overdubbed
+            if (gAudioIO->GetNumPlaybackChannels() == 0)
+               // No.
+               duplex = false;
+         }
+
+         if (!duplex)
+            mode = Mode::Right;
+      }
+
+      project->GetPlaybackScroller().Activate(mode);
+   }
+}
+
+void ControlToolBar::StopScrolling()
+{
+   const auto project = GetActiveProject();
+   if(project)
+      project->GetPlaybackScroller().Activate
+         (AudacityProject::PlaybackScroller::Mode::Off);
+}
diff --git a/src/toolbars/ControlToolBar.h b/src/toolbars/ControlToolBar.h
index 989e3a168..5409a419e 100644
--- a/src/toolbars/ControlToolBar.h
+++ b/src/toolbars/ControlToolBar.h
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ class ControlToolBar final : public ToolBar {
    int WidthForStatusBar(wxStatusBar* const);
    void UpdateStatusBar(AudacityProject *pProject);
 
+   // Starting and stopping of scrolling display
+   void StartScrolling();
+   void StopScrolling();
+
  private:
 
    AButton *MakeButton(teBmps eEnabledUp, teBmps eEnabledDown, teBmps eDisabled,
diff --git a/src/toolbars/TranscriptionToolBar.cpp b/src/toolbars/TranscriptionToolBar.cpp
index f088f9fbb..2fe288eef 100644
--- a/src/toolbars/TranscriptionToolBar.cpp
+++ b/src/toolbars/TranscriptionToolBar.cpp
@@ -480,8 +480,7 @@ void TranscriptionToolBar::OnPlaySpeed(wxCommandEvent & WXUNUSED(event))
    button->ClearDoubleClicked();
 
    if (doubleClicked) {
-      GetActiveProject()->GetPlaybackScroller().Activate
-         (AudacityProject::PlaybackScroller::Mode::Centered);
+      GetActiveProject()->GetControlToolBar()->StartScrolling();
 
       // Pop up the button
       SetButton(false, button);
diff --git a/src/tracks/ui/Scrubbing.cpp b/src/tracks/ui/Scrubbing.cpp
index 104ea7aa8..80bc6d60a 100644
--- a/src/tracks/ui/Scrubbing.cpp
+++ b/src/tracks/ui/Scrubbing.cpp
@@ -508,8 +508,6 @@ void Scrubber::StopScrubbing()
    UncheckAllMenuItems();
 
    mScrubStartPosition = -1;
-   mProject->GetPlaybackScroller().Activate
-      (AudacityProject::PlaybackScroller::Mode::Off);
    mDragging = false;
 
    if (!IsScrubbing())
@@ -784,20 +782,21 @@ bool Scrubber::PollIsSeeking()
 
 void Scrubber::ActivateScroller()
 {
-   using Mode = AudacityProject::PlaybackScroller::Mode;
-   mProject->GetPlaybackScroller().Activate(mSmoothScrollingScrub
-      ? Mode::Centered
-      :
+   const auto ctb = mProject->GetControlToolBar();
+   if (mSmoothScrollingScrub)
+      ctb->StartScrolling();
+   else {
 #ifdef __WXMAC__
-        // PRL:  cause many "unnecessary" refreshes.  For reasons I don't understand,
-        // doing this causes wheel rotation events (mapped from the double finger vertical
-        // swipe) to be delivered more uniformly to the application, so that spped control
-        // works better.
-        Mode::Refresh
+      // PRL:  cause many "unnecessary" refreshes.  For reasons I don't understand,
+      // doing this causes wheel rotation events (mapped from the double finger vertical
+      // swipe) to be delivered more uniformly to the application, so that speed control
+      // works better.
+      mProject->GetPlaybackScroller().Activate
+         (AudacityProject::PlaybackScroller::Mode::Refresh);
 #else
-        Mode::Off
+      ctb->StopScrolling();
 #endif
-   );
+   }
 }
 
 void Scrubber::DoScrub(bool scroll, bool seek)
diff --git a/src/widgets/Ruler.cpp b/src/widgets/Ruler.cpp
index 4da5d790d..8a06c5c20 100644
--- a/src/widgets/Ruler.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/Ruler.cpp
@@ -2404,8 +2404,7 @@ void AdornedRulerPanel::OnMouseEvents(wxMouseEvent &evt)
 
 void AdornedRulerPanel::HandleQPDoubleClick(wxMouseEvent &evt, wxCoord mousePosX)
 {
-   mProject->GetPlaybackScroller().Activate
-      (AudacityProject::PlaybackScroller::Mode::Centered);
+   mProject->GetControlToolBar()->StartScrolling();
 }
 
 void AdornedRulerPanel::HandleQPClick(wxMouseEvent &evt, wxCoord mousePosX)