Oh yes! My first distance bar thing wouldn't stay in place without some sort of stop. I used to use the white medical tape and would have to periodically clean the bar with rubbing alcohol to take off the adhesive but that was back in like the 70s before blue tape and post its!
People tease me, but in my portable sewing supplies I try to always have a roll of blue tape. So many uses. The other day I changed my rotary blades at my sewing group. (Ahhh, all three cutters have fresh blades) I was able to wrap the edges of the old blades in tape for safer handling. Otherwise that day I was using it to help pick threads off the project. I picked up a bottom of the line Brother at the thrift store and was able to use it to make masks during covid, but I had to blue tape down the whole machine or chase it around the desk top...