- Many editing operations in Ardour require you to first select one or more - regions 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 select one or more + regions 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.
- 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 Select property enabled, then Ardour will attempt to - match whatever selections you make in one track across every other track of the - group. See - Corresponding + match whatever selections is made in one track across every other track of the + group. See Corresponding Regions Selection for more information on precisely how selections will be propagated to other tracks.
-- Please read - Region & Track Selection - for more information on how selecting regions and selecting tracks interact. + Tracks are selected by clicking on the Track header at the left + of the Editor window. Multiple tracks can be selected with Left clicks, or a range of consecutive tracks with Left.
-- Confirm that you are using the - Grab Mode tool, - then click on a region to select it. If - Smart mode - is enabled, click in the lower half of the region. + Using the Grab Mode tool, left + clicking on a region selects it. If Smart mode is + enabled, the lower half of the region must be clicked.
-- Confirm you are using the - Grab Mode tool, - then Left-click the region. If - Smart mode - is enabled, click in the lower half of the region. + Still using the Grab Mode tool, Left-clicking the region deselects it. If + Smart mode is enabled, the lower half of the region must be clicked.
Note that a left click simply toggles the @@ -45,44 +40,38 @@ too.
-Do one of the following:
+This can be achieved in different ways:
- Context-click the track, and in the context menu, navigate to - Select > Select All In Track. + The Select > Select All In Track option in the context menu + (Right click on the track) selects all the regions in the track at once.
See the Track Context Menu for more information on other per-track selection operations that are available.
-- Left-click or Left-click the regions you wish to select. + This can be achieved by a left-click or Left-click on the regions to select.
-- Click the name of the region in the - Region List. - Note that this will do nothing for whole-file regions, since they do not exist + Clicking the name of the region in the Region List. + selects it. This will do nothing for whole-file regions, since they do not exist anywhere in a playlist or track.