ardour { ["type"] = "Snippet", name = "Editor Selection" } function factory () return function () -- http://manual.ardour.org/lua-scripting/class_reference/#ArdourUI:Selection -- the Ardour Selection can include multiple items -- (regions, tracks, ranges, markers, automation, midi-notes etc) local sel = Editor:get_selection () -- -- At the point of writing the following data items are available -- -- Range selection, total span of all ranges (0, 0 if no time range is selected) if sel.time:start_sample () < sel.time:end_sample () then print ("Total Range:", sel.time:start_sample (), sel.time:end_sample ()) end -- .. and the same in Temporal.timepos_t if sel.time:start_time () < sel.time:end_time () then print ("Total Range:", sel.time:start_time (), sel.time:end_time ()) end -- Range selection, individual ranges. for ar in sel.time:iter () do -- each of the items is a -- http://manual.ardour.org/lua-scripting/class_reference/#ARDOUR:TimelineRange print ("Range:", ar.id, ar.start_time, ar._end_time) end -- Track/Bus Selection -- http://manual.ardour.org/lua-scripting/class_reference/#ArdourUI:TrackSelection for r in sel.tracks:routelist ():iter () do -- each of the items is a -- http://manual.ardour.org/lua-scripting/class_reference/#ARDOUR:Route print ("Route:", r:name ()) end -- Region selection -- http://manual.ardour.org/lua-scripting/class_reference/#ArdourUI:RegionSelection for r in sel.regions:regionlist ():iter () do -- each of the items is a -- http://manual.ardour.org/lua-scripting/class_reference/#ARDOUR:Region print ("Region:", r:name ()) end -- Markers -- http://manual.ardour.org/lua-scripting/class_reference/#ArdourUI:MarkerSelection -- Note: Marker selection is not cleared and currently (Ardour-4.7) points -- to the most recently selected marker. for m in sel.markers:iter () do -- each of the items is a -- http://manual.ardour.org/lua-scripting/class_reference/#ARDOURUI::ArdourMarker print ("Marker:", m:name (), m:position(), m:_type()) end ---------------------------------------------------------- -- The total time extents of all selected regions and ranges local ok, ext = Editor:get_selection_extents (Temporal.timepos_t(0), Temporal.timepos_t(0)) if ok then print ("Selection Extents:", ext[1], ext[2]) else print ("No region or range is selected") end end end