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Working with projects
Editing parts and events
- 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 activated 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 editing, 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 selected, the cross-hair cursor
appears when you start moving/copying a part/event, or when using the event trim
handles.
• When the Object Selection tool, the Cut 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
directly on an event to mute it.
Moving events
To move events in the Project window, use the following methods:
• Click and drag to a new position.
All selected events are moved, maintaining their relative positions. You can only
drag events to tracks of the same type. If Snap is activated, this determines to
which positions you can move the events (see
“The Snap function” on page 52).
Note also that you can restrict movement to be either horizontal or vertical only, by
holding down [Ctrl]/[Command] while dragging.
• Select the event and edit the Start position in the info line.
• Use the “Move to” options on the Edit menu.
The following options are available:
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You will note that there is a slightly delayed response when you move an event by
dragging. This helps you avoid accidentally moving events when you click on them in
the Project window. You can adjust this delay with the Drag Delay setting in the
Preferences dialog (Editing page).
Option Description
Cursor Moves the selected event to the project cursor position. If there are
several selected events on the same track, the first event will start at
the cursor, and the following will be lined up end-to-start after the
first one.
Origin Moves the selected events to their original positions, i. e. the
positions at which they were originally recorded.