diff --git a/tl/src/tl/views.cljs b/tl/src/tl/views.cljs
index 9704c44..71ac076 100644
--- a/tl/src/tl/views.cljs
+++ b/tl/src/tl/views.cljs
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@
             thumbs   @(rf/subscribe [::subs/thumbnails])
             playhead @(rf/subscribe [::subs/playhead])
             playing? @(rf/subscribe [::subs/playing?])
-            active   @(rf/subscribe [::subs/active-annotation])
             authoring? (some? @(rf/subscribe [::subs/draft-group]))
             linking  @(rf/subscribe [::subs/linking])
             len      @(rf/subscribe [::subs/length])
@@ -320,10 +319,14 @@
           (r/after-render
            (fn []
              (follow! fps zoom playhead)
-             ;; clip-following: while playing through an annotation that opts in
-             ;; (:meta :scroll-to), scroll each clip into view as the playhead
-             ;; crosses onto its track. Deduped so it only moves on track change.
-             (when (ann-scroll-to? (get-in scene [:groups active]))
+             ;; clip-following: only while the playhead is actually inside a bar of
+             ;; an annotation that opts in (:meta :scroll-to) — scroll each of its
+             ;; clips into view as the playhead crosses onto a new track. (Strict
+             ;; containment, NOT ::active-annotation, which falls back to the
+             ;; nearest annotation and would fire on every clip.)
+             (when (some (fn [a] (and (ann-scroll-to? (get-in scene [:groups (:id a)]))
+                                      (some (fn [[lo hi]] (<= lo playhead hi)) (:bars a))))
+                         anns)
                (let [track (:track (nth segs (seg-at segs playhead) nil))]
                  (when (not= track @played-track)
                    (reset! played-track track)