- Throughout this manual, the term click refers to the act of pressing
- and releasing the Left mouse button. This action is used to select objects, activate
- buttons, turn choices on and off, pop up menus and so forth.
- On touch surfaces, it also corresponds to a single, one-finger tap on
- the GUI.
+ Throughout this manual, the term click refers to the act of
+ pressing and releasing the Left mouse button. This
+ action is used to select objects, activate buttons, turn choices on and off,
+ pop up menus and so forth. On touch surfaces, it also corresponds to a
+ single, one-finger tap on the GUI.
- The term right-click refers to the act of pressing and releasing - the Right mouse button. - This action is used to pop up context menus (hence the term - "context click", which you will also see). It is also used by default in - combination with the shift key to delete objects within the editor - window. + The term right-click refers to the act of pressing and releasing + the Right mouse button. This action is used to pop + up context menus (hence the term "context click", which will also + be seen). It is also used by default in combination with the shift key to + delete objects within the editor window.
-+ +
Some mice designed for use with Mac OS X may have only one button. By convention, pressing and holding the Control key while clicking is - interpreted as a right-click by many application.. + interpreted as a right-click by many applications.
A middle-click refers to the act of pressing and releasing the - Middle mouse button. Not all all mice have a middle click button - (see the Mouse chapter for - details). Sometimes the scroll wheel acts as a clickable middle button. - This action is used for time-constrained region copying and mapping MIDI - bindings. + Middle mouse button. Not all mice have a middle + click button (see the Mouse chapter for details). + Sometimes the scroll wheel acts as a clickable middle button. This action is + used for time-constrained region copying and mapping MIDI bindings.
+- Internally, your operating system may identify the mouse buttons as - Button1, Button2, and - Button3, respectively. It may be possible to - invert the order of buttons to accommodate left-handed users, or to re-assign - them arbitrarily. This manual assumes the canonical order. + Internally, your operating system may identify the mouse buttons as Button1, Button2, and Button3, respectively. It may be possible to invert the + order of buttons to accommodate left-handed users, or to re-assign them + arbitrarily. This manual assumes the canonical order.
A double click refers to two rapid press/release cycles on the leftmost mouse button. The time interval between the two actions that @@ -49,50 +53,44 @@
- A drag primarily refers to the act of pressing the leftmost - mouse button, moving the mouse with the button held down, and then - releasing the button. On touch surfaces, this term also corresponds to - a single one-finger touch-move-release action. + A drag primarily refers to the act of pressing the leftmost mouse + button, moving the mouse with the button held down, and then releasing the + button. On touch surfaces, this term also corresponds to a single one-finger + touch-move-release action.
+- Ardour also uses the middle mouse button for certain kinds of drags, - which will be referred to as middle-drag. + Ardour also uses the middle mouse button for certain kinds of drags, which + will be referred to as a middle-drag.
- There are many actions in Ardour that can be carried out using a mouse - button in combination with a modifier key. When the manual - refers to Left, it means that you should first - press the key, carry out a left click - while is held down, and then finally release the key. + There are many actions in Ardour that can be carried out using a mouse button + in combination with a modifier key. When the manual refers to Left, it means that you should first press the key, carry out a left click while is held down, and then finally release the key.
+Available modifiers depend on your platform:
+- The following section is almost certainly wrong. Will need to be checked - and rewritten asap. -
-- Mod2 typically corresponds to the NumLock key on many systems. - On most Linux systems, there are no keys that will function as modifiers - Mod3, Mod4 or Mod5 by default, but they can be setup using - xmodmap(1). This can be rather useful. -
- Ardour can make good use of a scroll wheel on your mouse, which can be - utilized for a variety of purposes. Scroll wheels generate vertical - scroll events, ⇑ (ScrollUp) and - ⇓ (ScrollDown). Some also emit horizontal - events, ⇐ (ScrollLeft) and - ⇒ (ScrollRight). + Ardour can make good use of a scroll wheel on the mouse (assuming + it has one), which can be utilized for a variety of purposes. Scroll wheels + generate vertical scroll events, ⇑ (ScrollUp) + and ⇓ (ScrollDown). Some also emit horizontal + events, ⇐ (ScrollLeft) and ⇒ (ScrollRight).
+When appropriate, Ardour will differentiate between these two different scroll axes. Otherwise it will interpret ScrollDown and ScrollLeft as equivalent and similarly interpret ScrollUp and ScrollRight as equivalent.
+- Typically, scroll wheel input is used to adjust - continuous controls such as faders and knobs, or to scroll - vertically or horizontally inside a window. + Typically, scroll wheel input is used to adjust continuous + controls such as faders and knobs, or to scroll vertically or + horizontally inside a window. In most continuous control + cases, holding down the Ctrl key while scrolling will use + "fine" mode and the scroll wheel increments will then be 10% of normal.