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Working with projects
• Select all events on a track by right-clicking on it in the
track list and selecting “Select All Events” from the con
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text menu.
• It is also possible to select ranges, regardless of the
event and track boundaries.
This is done using the Range Selection tool (see “Range editing” on
page 66).
• Use the arrow keys on the computer keyboard to select
the closest event to the left, right, above, or below.
If you press [Shift] and use the arrow keys, the current selection will be
kept, allowing you to select several events.
By default, tracks are selected with the up/down arrow keys
on the computer keyboard. Therefore using these to select
events, too, can be confusing. If you want to use the naviga-
tion controls for track selection only (a most vital operation
in both editing and mixing), you can activate the “Use Up/
Down Navigation Commands for selecting Tracks only” op-
tion in the Preferences dialog (Editing page). The following
applies:
• When this option is deactivated and no event/part is selected
in the Project window, the up/down arrow keys on the com
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puter keyboard are used to step through the tracks in the track
list.
• When this option is deactivated and an event/part is selected
in the Project window, the up/down arrow keys still step
through the tracks in the track list – but on the currently se
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lected track, the first event/part will automatically be selected
as well.
• When this option is activated, the up/down arrow keys are
only used to change the track selection – the current event/
part selection in the Project window will not be altered.
• If the “Auto Select Events under Cursor” option is acti-
vated in the Preferences dialog (Editing page), all events
on the selected track(s) that are “touched” by the project
cursor are automatically selected.
This can be helpful when rearranging your project, because it allows you
to select whole sections (on all tracks) by selecting all tracks and moving
the project cursor.
Using the cross hair cursor
Also in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Tools page), you
can find the Cross Hair Cursor section. When enabled, a
cross hair cursor is displayed when working in the Project
window and in the editors, facilitating navigation and edit
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ing, especially when arranging large projects. You can set
up the colors for the line and the mask of the cross hair
cursor, and define its width. The cross hair cursor works
as follows:
• When the Selection tool (or one of its subtools) is se-
lected, the cross hair cursor appears when you start mov-
ing/copying a part/event, or when using the event trim
handles.
• When the Pencil tool, the Scissors tool, or any other
tool that makes use of this function is selected, the cross
hair cursor appears as soon as you move the mouse over
the event display.
• The cross hair cursor is only available for tools where
such a function is of any use. The Mute tool, for example,
does not use a cross hair cursor, as you have to click di-
rectly on an event to mute it.
Select Event This is available in the Sample Editor (see “Window
overview” on page 262).
Left/Right Selec-
tion Side to Cursor
These two functions are only used for range selection
editing (see
“Creating a selection range” on page 66).
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Note that these functions work differently when the
Range Selection tool is selected (see
“Creating a
selection range” on page 66).
Option Description