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# Skip Time
Jump the current scene's playhead to a set time, or forward or back by a set amount.
The **Skip Time** action moves the current scene's playhead. Jump to an exact moment, or skip forward or back by a number of seconds.
This is useful for patterns like:
* A **Skip** button that jumps past an intro
* Replaying a short section of a scene
* Jumping to a reveal moment when the user taps
### How it Works
When you select **Skip Time** as an action, PLAY shows a mode dropdown joined to a seconds field.
* **Skip to** moves the playhead to the exact time you enter. This is the default.
* **Skip Forward** moves the playhead ahead by the time you enter.
* **Skip Back** moves the playhead back by the time you enter.
The seconds field accepts decimals, from 0 up to the length of the current scene. Skip Forward and Skip Back stop at the start and end of the scene.
After the jump, the scene always plays from the new position, even if it was paused.
{% hint style="info" %}
[Scene Events](/play/layers/scenes/scene-events.md) that fall inside a skipped section do not fire. Skipping back past an event lets it fire again.
{% endhint %}
### Where You Can Use It
**Skip Time** is available in most action dropdowns, including Interactions, Layer and Scene **On Finish**, Scene Events, and Progression [Triggers](/play/settings/progression/triggers.md). It is not available in the [Global Timer](/play/settings/global-timer.md), since the timer is not tied to one scene.
### Setting Up Skip Time
{% stepper %}
{% step %}
### Open any action dropdown menu.
{% endstep %}
{% step %}
### Select **Skip Time.**
{% endstep %}
{% step %}
### Choose **Skip to**, **Skip Forward**, or **Skip Back**.
{% endstep %}
{% step %}
### Enter the time in seconds.
{% endstep %}
{% step %}
### Save your setup as usual.
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}
{% hint style="warning" %}
Do not use a scene's **On finish** with **Skip to** 0 to loop a scene. On finish runs once per scene, so the scene loops a single time and then stops. Use [Restart Scene](/play/general/actions/restart-scene.md) instead.
{% endhint %}
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