-
-<h2>Selecting/Navigating note-by-note</h2>
+<h2>Selecting notes with the mouse</h2>
+<p>
+ While in Draw mode or Internal Edit mode, any note can be clicked to select
+ it. Once a note has been selected, <kbd class="mouse
+ mod3">Left</kbd>-clicking on another selects all notes between them. Adding
+ or removing a note to/from the selection is done by <kbd class="mouse
+ mod1">Left</kbd> clicking it.
+</p>
<p>
- <kbd>Tab</kbd> selects the next note. <kbd class="mod1">Tab</kbd> selects the previous
- note. <kbd class="mod3">Tab</kbd> or <kbd class="mod13">Tab</kbd> adds
- the next/previous note to the selection.
+ In any mode, <kbd class="mod3 mouse">left</kbd> clicking on a note on the
+ Scroomer (the piano header of the track, see <a
+ href="@@midi-track-controls">MIDI Track Controls</a>) will add all
+ occurrences of that note to the selection, while <kbd
+ class="mouse">middle</kbd> clicking will only select/deselect all occurences
+ of that note, clearing the selection. These Scroomer selections works on all
+ MIDI regions of the track at once.
</p>
-<h2>Selecting notes with the mouse</h2>
<p>
- While in mouse object mode, any note can be clicked to select it. Once a note
- has been selected, <kbd class="mouse mod3">Left</kbd>-clicking on another
- selects all notes between them. Adding or removing a note to/from the
- selection is done by <kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd> clicking it. Clicking and
- dragging outside of a note <dfn>rubberband selects</dfn> a series of notes.
+ In Internal Edit mode only, <kbd class="mouse">left</kbd> clicking and dragging
+ outside of a note <dfn>rubberband selects</dfn> a series of notes.
+ <kbd class="mod3n"></kbd> rubberband selecting adds the notes to the selection.
</p>
+
+<h2>Selecting/navigating note-by-note</h2>
<p>
- Three different selection operations are possible while in mouse range mode:
+ <kbd>Tab</kbd> selects the next note as defined by their starting time.
+ <kbd class="mod1">Tab</kbd> selects the previous note. <kbd class="mod3">Tab</kbd>
+ or <kbd class="mod13">Tab</kbd> adds the next/previous note to the selection.
</p>
-<ul>
- <li>
- Vertical drags within the MIDI region will select all notes within the
- spanned note range.
- </li>
- <li>
- Clicks on the piano header of the track (if visible—the track must
- be tall enough to display it) will select all occurrences of that note.
- </li>
- <li>
- Drags on the piano header of the track will select all notes within the
- spanned note range.
- </li>
-</ul>
-<h2>Listening to Selected Notes</h2>
+<h2>Listening to selected notes</h2>
<p>
If <kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences > MIDI > Sound MIDI notes
- as they are selected</kbd> is enabled, Ardour will send a pair of
+ as they are selected in the editor</kbd> is enabled, Ardour will send a pair of
NoteOn/NoteOff messages through the track, which will typically allow to
hear each note as it is selected.
</p>