</figcaption>
</figure>
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<p>
Ardour allows arbitrary <dfn>layering</dfn> of regions—there can any number
of regions at a given position. By default, the regions are
<p>
Regions can still be moved around as usual, and can be dragged so that they overlay
- each again, but when the mouse button is released, things will flip back to them all being
+ each other again, but when the mouse button is released, things will flip back to them all being
stacked cleanly. The number of <dfn>lanes</dfn> for the track is determined by
the maximum number of regions existing in any one spot throughout
- the track, so if you a track has stacked up 10 overdubs in one spot,
+ the track, so if a track has 10 overdubs stacked up in one spot,
it will end up with 10 lanes. Obviously, using a large track height
works much better for this than a small one.
</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>
<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>
-
<p>
- Depending on the stage of your production, you may require a quick
- overview over as many tracks as possible, a detailed view into just a
+ At some stage of the production, a quick overview over as many tracks as
+ possible may be required, or a detailed view into just a
few, or a combination of the two. To facilitate this, the
- <dfn>height</dfn> may be configured individually for each track in
- the editor window.
+ <dfn>height</dfn> can be configured individually for each track in
+ the editor window, or globally.
</p>
+
+<h2>Resizing one or a few tracks</h2>
+
<p>
- A context click on a track header will display the
- <kbd class="menu">Height</kbd> menu, and allow you to choose from a
- list of standard sizes. All selected tracks will be redrawn using that
- height.
+ A <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd> click on a track header will display the
+ <kbd class="menu">Height</kbd> menu, and allow to choose from a list of
+ standard sizes. All selected tracks will be redrawn using that height.
</p>
<p>
- Alternatively, select the tracks you wish to resize. Move the pointer
- to the bottom edge of one track header. The cursor will change to a
- two-way vertical arrow shape. <kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd>-drag to
- dynamically resize all selected tracks.
+ Alternatively, moving the pointer to the bottom edge of a track header will change
+ the cursor to a two-way vertical arrow shape. <kbd
+ class="mouse">Left</kbd>-dragging dynamically resizes all selected tracks.
</p>
-<h2>Fit to the Editor Window</h2>
+
+<h2>Resizing all the tracks</h2>
+
<p>
- Select the tracks you wish to display in the Editor window.
- Choose <kbd class="menu">Track > Height > Fit Selected Tracks</kbd>
- or use the keyboard shortcut, <kbd>f</kbd>. Ardour adjusts the track
+ The three rightmost items of the <a href="@@zoom-controls">Zoom Controls</a>,
+ in the toolbar, allow to quickly resize multiple tracks' heights at once, or to
+ display a selected number of tracks in the editor, or all the selected ones, etc.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Fitting to the Editor Window</h2>
+
+<p>
+ Fitting one or many tracks to the Editor window can be done by selecting the tracks to
+ display and choosing <kbd class="menu">Track > Height > Fit Selection (Vertical)</kbd>
+ or using the keyboard shortcut, <kbd>f</kbd>. Ardour adjusts the track
heights and view so that the selected tracks completely fill the vertical
space available, unless the tracks cannot be fitted even at the smallest
possible size.
</p>
<p class="note">
- You can use <dfn>Visual Undo</dfn> (default shortcut: <kbd class="mod3">Z</kbd>
- to revert this operation.
+ The <dfn>Visual Undo</dfn> (default shortcut: <kbd class="mod3">Z</kbd>) can be
+ used to revert this operation.
</p>
-