Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide574
To shorten or lengthen the selection across each of
the tracks, press Shift while dragging to change the
range of the selection.
To select across all tracks, do one of the following:
 Enable the All Edit Group and make a selection
in any track.
 Drag with the Selector tool in any Timebase
ruler (make sure the Timeline and Edit Selec-
tions are linked).
These selections include all tracks in the Edit win-
dow, but do not include the Conductor tracks (for
Tempo, Meter, and Markers).
To select across all tracks, including the
Conductor tracks (for Tempo, Meter, and Markers):
 Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac) with
the Selector tool in any Timebase ruler.
Moving and Extending
Selections Between Tracks
With Commands Keyboard Focus enabled, Edit
selections can be moved or extended to adjacent
tracks.
To move a selection to an adjacent track:
1 Enable Commands Keyboard Focus (see “Key-
board Focus” on page 30).
2 With the Selector or Time Grabber tool, make a
selection.
3 Do one of the following:
• Press P on your computer keyboard to move the
selection to the previous track.
• Press semicolon (;) to move the selection to the
next track.
In either instance, the original Edit selection be-
comes deselected.
To extend a selection to an adjacent track:
1 Enable Commands Keyboard Focus (see “Key-
board Focus” on page 30).
2 With the Selector or Time Grabber tool, make a
selection.
3 Do one of the following:
• Press Shift+P to extend the selection to the pre-
vious track.
• Press Shift+Semicolon (;) to extend the selection
to the next track.
In either instance, the original Edit selection re-
mains selected.
Commands Keyboard Focus button enabled
With Commands Keyboard Focus disabled,
press Start+P (Windows) or Control+P
(Mac) to move the selection to the previous
track, or Start+Semicolon (;) (Windows) or
Control+Semicolon (;) (Mac) to move the se-
lection to the next track.
With Commands Keyboard Focus
disabled, press Start+Shift+P (Windows)
or Control+Shift+P (Mac) to extend the
selection to the previous track, or
Start+Shift+Semicolon (;) (Windows) or
Control+Shift+Semicolon (;) (Mac) to
extend the selection to the next track.