3 Navigating the Editor window is obviously a very frequent operation. Ardour sticks
4 with a lot of the usual conventions in this regard, to allow for a quick learning.
5 As those operations are so common, it is worth taking the time to learn most of
6 the keyboard and mouse shortcuts in order for these to become fast and natural.
9 The keyboard shortcuts can, as always, be edited, so the defaults are shown here.
12 <h2>Panning and scrolling</h2>
15 Panning can be done on-canvas, or with the <a href="@@summary">Summary</a>. Panning
16 vertically is often named <em>scrolling</em>.
23 <tr><th>Action</th><th>Mouse</th><th>Keyboard</th></tr>
26 <tr><th>Panning up</th><td><kbd class="mouse">⇑</kbd></td><td><kbd>↑</kbd></td></tr>
27 <tr><th>Panning down</th><td><kbd class="mouse">⇓</kbd></td><td><kbd>↓</kbd></td></tr>
28 <tr><th>Panning up one page</th><td></td><td><kbd>⇞</kbd></td></tr>
29 <tr><th>Panning down one page</th><td></td><td><kbd>⇟</kbd></td></tr>
30 <tr><th>Panning left</th><td><kbd class="mod3 mouse">⇑</kbd></td><td></td></tr>
31 <tr><th>Panning right</th><td><kbd class="mod3 mouse">⇓</kbd></td><td></td></tr>
36 Moving the playhead outside the view may scroll the screen accordingly, so using
37 or <kbd class="mod2">←</kbd> or <kbd class="mod2">→</kbd>, while not
38 <em>panning</em> per se, will result in panning if <kbd class="option">Transport
39 > Follow playhead</kbd> is checked. This is also true with the <a href="@@mini-timeline">
40 Navigation Timeline</a>, and anything that moves the Playhead.
43 <h3>In the Summary</h3>
46 Clicking and dragging in the Summary will pan the view left and right. If the
47 screen view is clicked (the white rectangle) and dragged, the view can also be panned
51 Additionnaly, on the left of the Summary, the two <kbd class="menu"><</kbd> and
52 <kbd class="menu">></kbd> arrows buttons allow to scroll one screen either left
53 or right, while at the right of the Summary, the two <kbd class="menu">∧</kbd> and
54 <kbd class="menu">∨</kbd> arrows buttons allow to scroll one screen either up
61 Zooming (on time) can be done on-canvas (which will always be centerd around the mouse cursor),
62 with the Summary, or with the <a href="@@zoom-controls">Zoom Controls</a>.
68 <tr><th>Zooming in</th><td><kbd class="mod1 mouse">⇑</kbd></td></tr>
69 <tr><th>Zooming out</th><td><kbd class="mod1 mouse">⇓</kbd></td></tr>
72 <h3>In the Summary</h3>
75 Resizing the screen view in the Summary (the white rectangle) changes the zoom
79 <h3>With the Zoom Controls</h3>
82 With the Zoom Focus set, the <kbd>−</kbd> and <kbd>+</kbd> buttons
83 will zoom out or in around this focus. The <kbd>[ ]</kbd> button zooms to the
84 whole session as defined by the start and end markers.
87 Theses controls are bound to the keyboard <kbd>−</kbd> and <kbd>=</kbd>
88 respectively by default.
91 <h2>Height of the tracks</h2>
94 Changing the height of the tracks results in more or less tracks on screen. This
95 can be done on canvas, with the Summary or with the Zoom Controls.
101 Using <kbd class="mod2 mouse">⇓</kbd> or <kbd class="mod2 mouse">⇑</kbd>
102 while hovering over a track reduces or enhances its height, i.e. zooms on the
103 hovered track, regardless of the selection.
106 The <kbd>F</kbd> key resizes the tracks so that only the selected one(s) are
107 displayed. If some unselected tracks are inbetween those selected tracks, their
108 <a href="@@the-tracks-and-busses-list">visibility</a> will be toggled off.
112 <h3>In the Summary</h3>
115 Resizing the screen view in the Summary (the white rectangle) changes the number
116 of tracks displayed (hence their heights) accordingly. It behaves more like a zoom
117 as the relative height of the tracks are kept.
120 <h3>With the Zoom Controls</h3>
123 The three rightmost buttons of the Zoom Control bar, while not zoom buttons,
124 act upon the height of the tracks:
127 <li>The first selector directly selects how many tracks are currently on screen.</li>
128 <li>The second one reduces the height of the selected track(s). If none are
129 selected, all the tracks are affected, while maintaining (as long as it is
130 possible) their relative heights.</li>
131 <li>The third one enlarges the tracks, and is the counterpart of the previous