3 title: Align (Spot) Regions
7 Aligning regions (sometimes called "spotting") means moving one or more
8 regions based on a defined location, which in Ardour is always the
9 <a href="/editing-and-arranging/the-edit-point">edit point</a>. An
10 alignment operation moves the region(s) so that some part of the region
11 is positioned at the edit point. Available alignment commands include:
13 <dl class="wide-table">
14 <dt>Align Region starts <kbd class="mod14">a</kbd></dt>
15 <dd>Selected region(s) are moved so that their start is located at the current edit point</dd>
16 <dt>Align Region ends <kbd class="mod2">a</kbd></dt>
17 <dd>Selected region(s) are moved so that the end is located at the current edit point</dd>
18 <dt>Align Region sync points <kbd>Shift-a</kbd></dt>
19 <dd>Selected region(s) are moved so that their sync point is located at the current edit point</dd>
20 <dt>Align Region starts relative <kbd class="mod4">a</kbd></dt>
21 <dd>Selected region(s) are moved so that the start of the earliest region is located at the current edit point, and all others maintain their relative position relative to that region</dd>