<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
- a region, it will appear in a darker color than unselected regions.
+ Many editing operations in Ardour require to first <dfn>select one or more
+ regions</dfn> to change them in some way. A single region,
+ or multiple regions can be selected, including regions in different tracks. When
+ a region is selected, 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
+ 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
- <a href="@@corresponding-regions-selection">Corresponding
+ match whatever selections is made in one track across every other track of the
+ group. See <a href="@@corresponding-regions-selection">Corresponding
Regions Selection</a> for more information on precisely how selections will be
propagated to other tracks.
</p>
-<h2>Region Selection and Track Selection</h2>
+<h2>Track Selection</h2>
<p>
- Please read
- <a href="@@selecting-tracks">Region & Track Selection</a>
- for more information on how selecting regions and selecting tracks interact.
+ Tracks are <dfn>selected</dfn> by clicking on the Track header at the left
+ of the Editor window. Multiple tracks can be selected with <kbd class="mod1
+ mouse">Left</kbd> clicks, or a range of consecutive tracks with <kbd
+ class="mod3 mouse">Left</kbd>.
</p>
-<h2>Select a Region</h2>
+<h2>Region Selection</h2>
<p>
- Confirm that you are using the
- <a href="@@toolbox">Grab Mode tool</a>,
- then click on a region to select it. If
- <a href="@@toolbox">Smart mode</a>
- is enabled, click in the lower half of the region.
+ Using the <a href="@@toolbox">Grab Mode tool</a>, <kbd class="mouse">left</kbd>
+ clicking on a region selects it. If <a href="@@toolbox">Smart mode</a> is
+ enabled, the lower half of the region must be clicked.
</p>
-<h2>Deselect a Region</h2>
+<h2>Deselecting a Region</h2>
<p>
- Confirm you are using the
- <a href="@@toolbox">Grab Mode tool</a>,
- then <kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-click the region. If
- <a href="@@toolbox">Smart mode</a>
- is enabled, click in the lower half of the region.
+ Still using the <a href="@@toolbox">Grab Mode tool</a>, <kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-clicking the region deselects it. If
+ <a href="@@toolbox">Smart mode</a> is enabled, the lower half of the region must be clicked.
</p>
<p>
Note that a <kbd class="mouse mod1">left</kbd> click simply toggles the
too.
</p>
-<h2>Select Multiple Regions in a Track</h2>
-<p>Do one of the following:</p>
+<h2>Selecting Multiple Regions in a Track</h2>
+<p>This can be achieved in different ways:</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
- 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
- region you wish to select.
+ <li><kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-clicking each region.</li>
+ <li>Dragging a rubberband box from an empty point in a track before the first
+ region to select to a point within or after the last region to select. Using
+ <kbd class="mouse mod1">left</kbd>-drag allows doing it multiple times.</li>
+ <li>If the regions are all adjacent to one another, clicking the first region
+ to select, then <kbd class="mouse mod3">Left</kbd>-clicking the last one.
</li>
</ul>
-<h2>Select All Regions in a Track</h2>
+<h2>Selecting All Regions in a Track</h2>
<p>
- Context-click the track, and in the context menu, navigate to
- <kbd class="menu">Select > Select All In Track</menu>.
+ The <kbd class="menu">Select > Select All In Track</kbd> option in the context menu
+ (<kbd class="mouse">Right</kbd> click on the track) selects all the regions in the track at once.
</p>
<p>
See the <a href="@@track-context-menu">Track Context Menu</a>
for more information on other per-track selection operations that are available.
</p>
-<h2>Select Multiple Regions Across Different Tracks</h2>
+<h2>Selecting Multiple Regions Across Different Tracks</h2>
<p>
- <kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-click or <kbd class="mouse
- mod3">Left</kbd>-click the regions you wish to select.
+ This can be achieved by a <kbd class="mouse mod1">left</kbd>-click or <kbd class="mouse
+ mod3">Left</kbd>-click on the regions to select.
</p>
-<h2>Select a Region From the Region List</h2>
+<h2>Selecting a Region From the Region List</h2>
<p>
- Click the name of the region in the
- <a href="@@the-region-list">Region List</a>.
- Note that this will do nothing for whole-file regions, since they do not exist
+ Clicking the name of the region in the <a href="@@the-region-list">Region List</a>.
+ selects it. This will do nothing for whole-file regions, since they do not exist
anywhere in a playlist or track.
</p>
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