diff --git a/friture/Plot.qml b/friture/Plot.qml
index 217d0088..d8a2def7 100644
--- a/friture/Plot.qml
+++ b/friture/Plot.qml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Rectangle {
     required property ScopeData scopedata
     default property alias content: plotItemPlaceholder.children
 
+    signal pointSelected(real x, real y)
+
     GridLayout {
         anchors.fill: parent
         rowSpacing: 2
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ Rectangle {
                 id: plotItemPlaceholder
                 anchors.fill: parent
             }
+
+            onPointSelected: (x, y) => plot.pointSelected(x, y)
         }
 
         Item {
diff --git a/friture/PlotArea.qml b/friture/PlotArea.qml
index 30a09abf..8252ec90 100644
--- a/friture/PlotArea.qml
+++ b/friture/PlotArea.qml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Item {
 
     default property alias content: plotItemPlaceholder.children
 
+    signal pointSelected(real x, real y)
+
     PlotBackground {
         anchors.fill: parent
     }
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ Item {
     Item
     {
         id: crosshair
-        visible: plotMouseArea.pressed
+        visible: plotMouseArea.pressed && plotMouseArea.pressedButtons & Qt.LeftButton
         anchors.fill: parent
 
         property double posX: Math.min(Math.max(plotMouseArea.mouseX, 0), scopePlotArea.width)
@@ -83,6 +85,18 @@ Item {
     MouseArea {
         id: plotMouseArea
         anchors.fill: parent
+        acceptedButtons: Qt.LeftButton | Qt.RightButton
         cursorShape: Qt.CrossCursor
+
+        onClicked: (event) => {
+            if (event.button == Qt.RightButton) {
+                scopePlotArea.pointSelected(
+                    scopePlotArea.horizontal_axis.coordinate_transform.toPlot(
+                        crosshair.relativePosX),
+                    scopePlotArea.vertical_axis.coordinate_transform.toPlot(
+                        1. - crosshair.relativePosY)
+                );
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/friture/Scope.qml b/friture/Scope.qml
index e3db2b7c..401b5d54 100644
--- a/friture/Scope.qml
+++ b/friture/Scope.qml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Item {
     id: container
     property var stateId
 
+    signal pointSelected(real x, real y)
+
     // delay the load of the Plot until stateId has been set
     Loader {
         id: loader
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ Item {
                     curve: modelData
                 }
             }
+
+            onPointSelected: (x, y) => container.pointSelected(x, y)
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/friture/dock.py b/friture/dock.py
index 1185964b..96a2132c 100644
--- a/friture/dock.py
+++ b/friture/dock.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from friture.analyzer import Friture
     from friture.dockmanager import DockManager
+    from friture.playback.control import PlaybackControlWidget
     from PyQt5.QtQml import QQmlEngine
 
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.dockmanager: 'DockManager' = parent.dockmanager
         self.audiobuffer = parent.audiobuffer
+        self.playback_widget: 'PlaybackControlWidget' = parent.playback_widget
 
         self.setObjectName(name)
 
@@ -109,6 +111,10 @@ def widget_select(self, widgetId: int) -> None:
             self.audiowidget = constructor(self)
         assert self.audiowidget is not None # mypy can't prove this :(
 
+        if hasattr(self.audiowidget, 'connect_time_selected'):
+            self.audiowidget.connect_time_selected(
+                self.playback_widget.on_time_selected)
+
         # audiowidget is duck typed for this:
         self.audiowidget.set_buffer(self.audiobuffer) # type: ignore
         self.audiobuffer.new_data_available.connect(
diff --git a/friture/pitch_tracker.py b/friture/pitch_tracker.py
index a53472e6..98fd239c 100644
--- a/friture/pitch_tracker.py
+++ b/friture/pitch_tracker.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 from PyQt5.QtQuick import QQuickWindow
 from PyQt5.QtQuickWidgets import QQuickWidget
 from PyQt5.QtQml import QQmlComponent, QQmlEngine
-from typing import Any, Optional
+from typing import Any, Callable, Optional
 
 from friture.audiobackend import SAMPLING_RATE
 from friture.audiobuffer import AudioBuffer
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ def format_frequency(freq: float) -> str:
 
 
 class PitchTrackerWidget(QtWidgets.QWidget):
+    # x=time is negative from present, y=frequency in Hz
+    point_selected = pyqtSignal(float, float)
+
     def __init__(self, parent: QtWidgets.QWidget, engine: QQmlEngine):
         super().__init__(parent)
 
@@ -109,6 +112,7 @@ def __init__(self, parent: QtWidgets.QWidget, engine: QQmlEngine):
 
         root: Any = self.quickWidget.rootObject()
         root.setProperty("stateId", state_id)
+        root.pointSelected.connect(self.on_point_selected)
 
         self.gridLayout.addWidget(self.quickWidget, 0, 0, 1, 1)
 
@@ -173,6 +177,12 @@ def on_status_changed(self, status: QQuickWidget.Status) -> None:
             for error in self.quickWidget.errors():
                 self.logger.error("QML error: " + error.toString())
 
+    def on_point_selected(self, x: float, y: float) -> None:
+        self.point_selected.emit(x, y)
+
+    def connect_time_selected(self, slot: Callable[[float], None]) -> None:
+        self.point_selected.connect(lambda t, _f: slot(t))
+
     # method
     def canvasUpdate(self) -> None:
         # nothing to do here
diff --git a/friture/playback/control.py b/friture/playback/control.py
index dff2faf1..436b7520 100644
--- a/friture/playback/control.py
+++ b/friture/playback/control.py
@@ -93,8 +93,16 @@ def on_playback_stopped(self) -> None:
         self.root.setPlaybackPosition(self.player.play_start_time)
 
     def on_playback_position_changed(self, value: float) -> None:
+        # This handles changes in the slider
         self.player.play_start_time = value
 
+    def on_time_selected(self, time: float) -> None:
+        # This handles clicks on plot widgets, i.e. the slider also needs
+        # to be updated.
+        time = max(time, -self.player.recorded_len_sec)
+        self.root.setPlaybackPosition(time)
+        self.on_playback_position_changed(time)
+
     def on_recorded_len_changed(self, length: float) -> None:
         # Always give the slider a nonzero length even if nothing is recorded
         self.root.setRecordingStartTime(-max(length, 0.1))
diff --git a/friture/playback/player.py b/friture/playback/player.py
index ed680888..778b9512 100644
--- a/friture/playback/player.py
+++ b/friture/playback/player.py
@@ -97,7 +97,11 @@ def handle_new_data(self, data: np.ndarray) -> None:
             self.recorded_len + data.shape[1], self.history_samples)
         if new_len != self.recorded_len:
             self.recorded_len = new_len
-            self.recorded_length_changed.emit(self.recorded_len / SAMPLING_RATE)
+            self.recorded_length_changed.emit(self.recorded_len_sec)
+
+    @property
+    def recorded_len_sec(self) -> float:
+        return self.recorded_len / SAMPLING_RATE
 
     def play(self) -> None:
         if self.state != PlayState.STOPPED:
diff --git a/friture/plotting/canvasWidget.py b/friture/plotting/canvasWidget.py
index 0c56e51d..40740de1 100644
--- a/friture/plotting/canvasWidget.py
+++ b/friture/plotting/canvasWidget.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 class CanvasWidget(QtWidgets.QWidget):
 
     resized = QtCore.pyqtSignal(int, int)
+    point_selected = QtCore.pyqtSignal(float, float)
 
     def __init__(self, parent, verticalScaleTransform, horizontalScaleTransform):
         super(CanvasWidget, self).__init__(parent)
@@ -169,6 +170,11 @@ def mouseReleaseEvent(self, event):
         self.ruler = False
         # ask for update so the the ruler is actually erased
         self.update()
+        if event.button() == QtCore.Qt.RightButton:
+            self.point_selected.emit(
+                self.horizontalScaleTransform.toPlot(event.x()),
+                self.verticalScaleTransform.toPlot(float(self.height() - event.y()))
+            )
 
     def mouseMoveEvent(self, event):
         if event.buttons() & QtCore.Qt.LeftButton:
diff --git a/friture/spectrogram.py b/friture/spectrogram.py
index b040520f..6a542cfa 100644
--- a/friture/spectrogram.py
+++ b/friture/spectrogram.py
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 """Spectrogram widget, that displays a rolling 2D image of the time-frequency spectrum."""
 
 from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
+import PyQt5.QtCore as QtCore
 from numpy import log10, floor, zeros, float64, tile, array
+from typing import Callable
+
 from friture.imageplot import ImagePlot
 from friture.audioproc import audioproc  # audio processing class
 from friture.spectrogram_settings import (Spectrogram_Settings_Dialog,  # settings dialog
@@ -39,6 +42,8 @@
 
 
 class Spectrogram_Widget(QtWidgets.QWidget):
+    # x=time is age, or (negative) distance from right edge
+    point_selected = QtCore.pyqtSignal(float, float)
 
     def __init__(self, parent):
         super().__init__(parent)
@@ -90,6 +95,9 @@ def __init__(self, parent):
 
         AudioBackend().underflow.connect(self.PlotZoneImage.plotImage.canvasscaledspectrogram.syncOffsets)
 
+        self.PlotZoneImage.canvasWidget.point_selected.connect(
+            self.on_point_selected)
+
         self.last_data_time = 0.
 
         self.mustRestart = False
@@ -177,6 +185,12 @@ def restart(self):
         # defer the restart until we get data from the audio source (so that a fresh lastdatatime is passed to the spectrogram image)
         self.mustRestart = True
 
+    def on_point_selected(self, time: float, freq: float) -> None:
+        self.point_selected.emit(time - self.timerange_s, freq)
+
+    def connect_time_selected(self, slot: Callable[[float], None]) -> None:
+        self.point_selected.connect(lambda t, _f: slot(t))
+
     def setminfreq(self, freq):
         self.minfreq = freq
         self.PlotZoneImage.setfreqrange(self.minfreq, self.maxfreq)