Source: https://mindstamp.com/help/understanding-the-change-time-feature-in-mindstamp
Generated from the Help Center records: 2026-10-05

# What does Change Time do?

Topic: [Interactions and logic](https://mindstamp.com/help/interactions) · Updated: 2026-09-25

## Short answer

**Change Time** moves playback to another time in the same video and keeps playing from there. Use it as a **Click Action** when the viewer chooses the jump, as a question answer action, or as a **Change Time** navigation when the jump should happen by itself.

## Steps

1. For a viewer choice, open a button, hotspot, image or text, set the **Click Action** to **Change Time**, and choose the time in **Select Time**.
2. For an automatic jump, click **More** in the interaction bar, choose **Change Time**, then set the **Action Time** and the **Time to switch to**.
3. Pick a destination that starts cleanly, at the start of a sentence or scene.
4. Save, then play from a few seconds before the jump to test it.

![More menu in the Mindstamp editor with Change Time highlighted in the Playback & Navigation group](https://cdn.mindstamp.com/website2026/help/more-menu-change-time.webp)

_Add a Change Time navigation from More > Change Time._

![Change Time navigation editor in Mindstamp with Action Time set to 0:20 and Time to switch to set to 0:10](https://cdn.mindstamp.com/website2026/help/change-time-navigation.webp)

_A Change Time navigation: at the Action Time (0:20) the video jumps to the Time to switch to (0:10)._

## Where you can use it

- As a **Click Action** on a button, hotspot, image or text.
- As the action for a question answer, or for a correct or incorrect answer.
- On the **End Screen**, with **Show Button: Change Video Time**.
- As a navigation that runs at a set time.

## Common uses

- A chapter menu that jumps to each section. See [build a chapter menu](https://mindstamp.com/help/chapter-menu-with-review).
- Skip a section that does not apply to the viewer.
- Replay an explanation after a wrong answer.
- Loop a short section. See [create a loop](https://mindstamp.com/help/create-a-looping-video).

## Change Time or Switch Video

Change Time stays in the same video, so all data stays in one report. **Switch Video** moves to a different video, which is better when each path is long or reused in other places.

## Do not trap viewers in a loop

A jump back to an earlier point needs a way out. Add a button that jumps past the section, or use a variable and conditional logic (Pro and higher plans) so the jump runs only once.

## What happens after the jump

Interactions at the new time show as usual. Items the viewer already clicked keep their post-click state. If a Change Time click is on an interaction that requires a click, it also ends the wait for other required interactions. Jumps can make a viewer’s last point differ from their furthest point in reports.

## Go further

- [Change Time](https://mindstamp.com/features/change-time)
- [Click actions tutorial](https://mindstamp.com/tutorials/click-actions)

## Related answers

- [What is a navigation and how do I use it?](https://mindstamp.com/help/navigations)
- [How do I make part of a video loop?](https://mindstamp.com/help/create-a-looping-video)
- [How do I add a “Try again” button with conditional logic?](https://mindstamp.com/help/how-to-add-try-it-again-buttons-using-conditional-logic-to-drive-key-points)
- [How is furthest point different from last point?](https://mindstamp.com/help/furthest-point-vs-last-point)

---

Need more help? [Contact Mindstamp](https://mindstamp.com/contact) · [Help Center](https://mindstamp.com/help) · [All Help Center articles as JSON](https://mindstamp.com/help-feed/index.json)