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Using the Trim tool, you can drag a bounding box to select multiple edits
There is also a flexible set of keyboard shortcuts that makes it easy to select edit points in
preparation for various operations if you like to avoid using the mouse.
Keyboard shortcuts for selecting edits:
 V: Selects the nearest edit point to the playhead on the lowest track with Auto Select
enabled. Selects both the audio and video edit points of a clip together.
 Option-E: Selects the nearest video edit point to the playhead on the lowest track with
Auto Select enabled. Linked audio edit points are not selected.
 Shift-E: Selects the nearest audio edit point to the playhead on the lowest track with
Auto Select enabled. Linked video edit points are not selected.
 U: Once you’ve selected an edit point, this shortcut toggles among selecting the
outgoing half, incoming half, or the entire edit.
 Option-U: Once you’ve selected an edit point, this shortcut toggles among selecting
the video+audio of the edit, just the video, or just the audio.
To move the selection to another edit:
Select a single edit point, then use the Up Arrow key (Previous Edit) or Down Arrow key
(Next Edit) to change the selection to the previous or next edit point among all tracks
with Auto Select turned on.
To deselect all edit points:
 Using the mouse: Click any empty area of the Timeline.
 Using the keyboard: Press Shift-Command-A.
A Practical Example of Keyboard-Driven Selections
Here’s an example of how you would use these keyboard shortcuts together as a sequence
ofoperations.
To select an edit point using the keyboard:
1 Press Command-4 to give focus to the Timeline.
2 Press the V key to select the nearest edit point to the playhead on the lowest track with
Auto Select enabled. If there are overlapping superimposed clips on multiple tracks,
turn off the Auto Select controls of tracks with edits you don’t want to select using
Option-F1 through Option-F8 corresponding to the Auto Select controls on tracks 1–8.
Using the mouse, you can solo a track’s Auto Select state by Option-clicking its Auto
Select button. (Option-F9 toggles the Auto Select controls of all video tracks.)
3 Initially, the entire edit is selected, in preparation for a roll edit. To toggle among
selecting the outgoing half, incoming half, and the entire edit, press the U key.
4 To toggle among selecting the video+audio of the edit, just the video, or just the audio,
press Option-U.
5 Perform whatever operation you need to. When you’re finished, using Up-Arrow or
Down-Arrow to move the selection backward or forward in the Timeline, or press
Command-Shift-A to deselect it.
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