<p>
New tracks in Ardour are assigned a random color from a pastel color
- palette, so they should never end up being particularly bright or
- particularly dark.
+ palette, so they should never end up being particularly bright or
+ particularly dark.
</p>
<h2>Changing the color of specific tracks</h2>
<p>
- Select the tracks whose color you wish to change. Context-click
- on the track header of one of them. From the context menu, select
- <kbd class="menu">Color</kbd> and pick a hue to your taste in the
- color dialog. Every selected track will be
- re-colored.
+ Changing the color of a track is done by selecting the track(s) and
+ <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd> clicking on the track header of one of them then
+ from the context menu, selecting <kbd class="menu">Color</kbd> and picking a hue
+ in the color dialog. Every selected track will be re-colored.
</p>
-<p>
- Note that if you are only changing one track, context-clicking on
- that track's header will be enough to select it, saving the extra
- mouse click.
+<p class="note">
+ If only one track is changed, <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd> clicking on
+ that track's header will be enough to select it, saving the extra mouse click.
</p>
<h2>Changing the color of all tracks in a group</h2>
<p>
- Tracks that belong to a
- <a href="@@the-track-and-bus-group-list">track/bus group</a>
+ Tracks that belong to a
+ <a href="@@the-track-and-bus-group-list">track/bus group</a>
can share a common color by enabling the <kbd
class="option">Color</kbd> option for the group. With this enabled,
any color change will be propagated to all group members.
</p>
<p>
- You can also explicitly change the group color by context-clicking
+ The group color can also be explicitly changed by context-clicking
on the group tab in the Mixer, selecting <kbd class="menu">Edit
- Group…</kbd> and then clicking on the Color selector in that dialog
- that is displayed.
+ Group…</kbd> and then clicking on the Color selector in the displayed
+ dialog.
</p>