3 Many editing operations in Ardour require to first <dfn>select one or more
4 regions</dfn> to change them in some way. A single region,
5 or multiple regions can be selected, including regions in different tracks. When
6 a region is selected, it will appear in a darker color than unselected regions.
9 If a track is a member of a group that is active and has the
10 <kbd class="option">Select</kbd> property enabled, then Ardour will attempt to
11 match whatever selections is made in one track across every other track of the
12 group. See <a href="@@corresponding-regions-selection">Corresponding
13 Regions Selection</a> for more information on precisely how selections will be
14 propagated to other tracks.
17 <h2>Track Selection</h2>
19 Tracks are <dfn>selected</dfn> by clicking on the Track header at the left
20 of the Editor window. Multiple tracks can be selected with <kbd class="mod1
21 mouse">Left</kbd> clicks, or a range of consecutive tracks with <kbd
22 class="mod3 mouse">Left</kbd>.
25 <h2>Region Selection</h2>
27 Using the <a href="@@toolbox">Grab Mode tool</a>, <kbd class="mouse">left</kbd>
28 clicking on a region selects it. If <a href="@@toolbox">Smart mode</a> is
29 enabled, the lower half of the region must be clicked.
32 <h2>Deselecting a Region</h2>
34 Still using the <a href="@@toolbox">Grab Mode tool</a>, <kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-clicking the region deselects it. If
35 <a href="@@toolbox">Smart mode</a> is enabled, the lower half of the region must be clicked.
38 Note that a <kbd class="mouse mod1">left</kbd> click simply toggles the
39 selected status of an object, so it can be used to select unselected regions
43 <h2>Selecting Multiple Regions in a Track</h2>
44 <p>This can be achieved in different ways:</p>
46 <li><kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-clicking each region.</li>
47 <li>Dragging a rubberband box from an empty point in a track before the first
48 region to select to a point within or after the last region to select. Using
49 <kbd class="mouse mod1">left</kbd>-drag allows doing it multiple times.</li>
50 <li>If the regions are all adjacent to one another, clicking the first region
51 to select, then <kbd class="mouse mod3">Left</kbd>-clicking the last one.
55 <h2>Selecting All Regions in a Track</h2>
57 The <kbd class="menu">Select > Select All In Track</kbd> option in the context menu
58 (<kbd class="mouse">Right</kbd> click on the track) selects all the regions in the track at once.
61 See the <a href="@@track-context-menu">Track Context Menu</a>
62 for more information on other per-track selection operations that are available.
65 <h2>Selecting Multiple Regions Across Different Tracks</h2>
67 This can be achieved by a <kbd class="mouse mod1">left</kbd>-click or <kbd class="mouse
68 mod3">Left</kbd>-click on the regions to select.
71 <h2>Selecting a Region From the Region List</h2>
73 Clicking the name of the region in the <a href="@@the-region-list">Region List</a>.
74 selects it. This will do nothing for whole-file regions, since they do not exist
75 anywhere in a playlist or track.