<p>
- Depending on the stage of your production, you may require a quick
- overview over as many tracks as possible, a detailed view into just a
+ At some stage of the production, a quick overview over as many tracks as
+ possible may be required, or a detailed view into just a
few, or a combination of the two. To facilitate this, the
- <dfn>height</dfn> may be configured individually for each track in
- the editor window.
+ <dfn>height</dfn> can be configured individually for each track in
+ the editor window, or globally.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Resizing one or a few tracks</h2>
+
+<p>
+ A <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd> click on a track header will display the
+ <kbd class="menu">Height</kbd> menu, and allow to choose from a list of
+ standard sizes. All selected tracks will be redrawn using that height.
</p>
<p>
- A context click on a track header will display the
- <kbd class="menu">Height</kbd> menu, and allow you to choose from a
- list of standard sizes. All selected tracks will be redrawn using that
- height.
+ Alternatively, moving the pointer to the bottom edge of a track header will change
+ the cursor to a two-way vertical arrow shape. <kbd
+ class="mouse">Left</kbd>-dragging dynamically resizes all selected tracks.
</p>
+
+<h2>Resizing all the tracks</h2>
+
<p>
- Alternatively, select the tracks you wish to resize. Move the pointer
- to the bottom edge of one track header. The cursor will change to a
- two-way vertical arrow shape. <kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd>-drag to
- dynamically resize all selected tracks.
+ The three rightmost items of the <a href="@@zoom-controls">Zoom Controls</a>,
+ in the toolbar, allow to quickly resize multiple tracks' heights at once, or to
+ display a selected number of tracks in the editor, or all the selected ones, etc.
</p>
-<h2>Fit to the Editor Window</h2>
+
+<h2>Fitting to the Editor Window</h2>
+
<p>
- Select the tracks you wish to display in the Editor window.
- Choose <kbd class="menu">Track > Height > Fit Selected Tracks</kbd>
- or use the keyboard shortcut, <kbd>f</kbd>. Ardour adjusts the track
+ Fitting one or many tracks to the Editor window can be done by selecting the tracks to
+ display and choosing <kbd class="menu">Track > Height > Fit Selection (Vertical)</kbd>
+ or using the keyboard shortcut, <kbd>f</kbd>. Ardour adjusts the track
heights and view so that the selected tracks completely fill the vertical
space available, unless the tracks cannot be fitted even at the smallest
possible size.
</p>
<p class="note">
- You can use <dfn>Visual Undo</dfn> (default shortcut: <kbd class="mod3">Z</kbd>
- to revert this operation.
+ The <dfn>Visual Undo</dfn> (default shortcut: <kbd class="mod3">Z</kbd>) can be
+ used to revert this operation.
</p>