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title: Select Regions
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<p>
- Many editing operations in Ardour require you to first <dfn>select one or more
- regions</dfn> that you want to change in some way. You can select a single region,
- or multiple regions, including regions in different tracks. When you select
+ Many editing operations in Ardour require you to first <dfn>select one or more
+ regions</dfn> that you want to change in some way. You can select a single region,
+ or multiple regions, including regions in different tracks. When you select
a region, it will appear in a darker color than unselected regions.
</p>
<p>
Note that if a track is a member of a group that is active and has the
- <kbd class="option">Select</kbd> property enabled, then Ardour will attempt to
- match whatever selections you make in one track across every other track of the
- group. See
+ <kbd class="option">Select</kbd> property enabled, then Ardour will attempt to
+ match whatever selections you make in one track across every other track of the
+ group. See
<a href="/working-with-regions/corresponding-regions-selection/">Corresponding
- Regions Selection</a> for more information on precisely how selections will be
+ Regions Selection</a> for more information on precisely how selections will be
propagated to other tracks.
</p>
<h2>Region Selection and Track Selection</h2>
<p>
- Please read
- <a href="/working-with-tracks/selecting-tracks/">Region & Track Selection</a>
+ Please read
+ <a href="/working-with-tracks/selecting-tracks/">Region & Track Selection</a>
for more information on how selecting regions and selecting tracks interact.
</p>
<h2>Select a Region</h2>
<p>
- Confirm that you are using the
- <a href="/ardours-interface/introducing-the-editor-window/the-editing-toolbar/#object">Object tool</a>,
- then click on a region to select it. If
- <a href="/ardours-interface/introducing-the-editor-window/the-editing-toolbar/#smartmode">smart mode</a>
+ Confirm that you are using the
+ <a href="/ardours-interface/the-editor/the-toolbar/the-toolbox/">Grab Mode tool</a>,
+ then click on a region to select it. If
+ <a href="/ardours-interface/the-editor/the-toolbar/the-toolbox/">Smart mode</a>
is enabled, click in the lower half of the region.
</p>
<h2>Deselect a Region</h2>
<p>
- Confirm you are using the
- <a href="/ardours-interface/introducing-the-editor-window/the-editing-toolbar/#object">Object tool</a>,
- then <kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-click the region. If
- <a href="/ardours-interface/introducing-the-editor-window/the-editing-toolbar/#smartmode">smart mode</a>
- is enabled, click in the lower half of the region.
+ Confirm you are using the
+ <a href="/ardours-interface/the-editor/the-toolbar/the-toolbox/">Grab Mode tool</a>,
+ then <kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-click the region. If
+ <a href="/ardours-interface/the-editor/the-toolbar/the-toolbox/">Smart mode</a>
+ is enabled, click in the lower half of the region.
</p>
<p>
- Note that a <kbd class="mouse mod1">left</kbd> click simply toggles the
+ Note that a <kbd class="mouse mod1">left</kbd> click simply toggles the
selected status of an object, so it can be used to select unselected regions
too.
</p>
<ul>
<li><kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-click each region, or</li>
<li>
- drag a rubberband box from an empty point in a track before the first
- region you wish to select to a point within or after the last region
- you wish to select (you can <kbd class="mouse mod1">left</kbd>-drag to do this
+ drag a rubberband box from an empty point in a track before the first
+ region you wish to select to a point within or after the last region
+ you wish to select (you can <kbd class="mouse mod1">left</kbd>-drag to do this
multiple times), or,
</li>
<li>
- if the regions are all adjacent to one another, click the first region
- you wish to select, then <kbd class="mouse mod3">Left</kbd>-click the last
+ if the regions are all adjacent to one another, click the first region
+ you wish to select, then <kbd class="mouse mod3">Left</kbd>-click the last
region you wish to select.
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Select All Regions in a Track</h2>
<p>
- Context-click the track, and in the context menu, navigate to
+ Context-click the track, and in the context menu, navigate to
<kbd class="menu">Select > Select All In Track</menu>.
</p>
<p>
- See the <a href="/working-with-tracks/track-context-menu/">Track Context Menu</a>
+ See the <a href="/working-with-tracks/track-context-menu/">Track Context Menu</a>
for more information on other per-track selection operations that are available.
</p>
<h2>Select a Region From the Region List</h2>
<p>
- Click the name of the region in the
- <a href="/ardours-interface/introducing-the-editor-window/editor-lists/region-list/">Region List</a>.
- Note that this will do nothing for whole-file regions, since they do not exist
+ Click the name of the region in the
+ <a href="/ardours-interface/the-editor/the-editor_s-lists/region-list/">Region List</a>.
+ Note that this will do nothing for whole-file regions, since they do not exist
anywhere in a playlist or track.
</p>
-