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title: Select Regions
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<p>
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Many editing operations in Ardour require you to first <dfn>select one or more
regions</dfn> that you want to change in some way. You can select a single region,
or multiple regions, including regions in different tracks. When you select
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a region, it will appear in a darker color than unselected regions.
</p>
<p>
Note that if a track is a member of a group that is active and has the
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<kbd class="option">Select</kbd> property enabled, then Ardour will attempt to
match whatever selections you make in one track across every other track of the
group. See
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<a href="/working-with-regions/corresponding-regions-selection/">Corresponding
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Regions Selection</a> for more information on precisely how selections will be
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propagated to other tracks.
</p>
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<h2>Region Selection and Track Selection</h2>
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<p>
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Please read
<a href="/working-with-tracks/selecting-tracks/">Region &amp; Track Selection</a>
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for more information on how selecting regions and selecting tracks interact.
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<h2>Select a Region</h2>
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<p>
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Confirm that you are using the
<a href="/ardours-interface/the-toolbox/">Grab Mode tool</a>,
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then click on a region to select it. If
<a href="/ardours-interface/the-toolbox/">Smart mode</a>
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is enabled, click in the lower half of the region.
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<h2>Deselect a Region</h2>
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<p>
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Confirm you are using the
<a href="/ardours-interface/the-toolbox/">Grab Mode tool</a>,
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then <kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-click the region. If
<a href="/ardours-interface/the-toolbox/">Smart mode</a>
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is enabled, click in the lower half of the region.
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</p>
<p>
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Note that a <kbd class="mouse mod1">left</kbd> click simply toggles the
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selected status of an object, so it can be used to select unselected regions
too.
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<h2>Select Multiple Regions in a Track</h2>
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<p>Do one of the following:</p>
<ul>
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<li><kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-click each region, or</li>
<li>
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drag a rubberband box from an empty point in a track before the first
region you wish to select to a point within or after the last region
you wish to select (you can <kbd class="mouse mod1">left</kbd>-drag to do this
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multiple times), or,
</li>
<li>
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if the regions are all adjacent to one another, click the first region
you wish to select, then <kbd class="mouse mod3">Left</kbd>-click the last
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region you wish to select.
</li>
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</ul>
<h2>Select All Regions in a Track</h2>
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<p>
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Context-click the track, and in the context menu, navigate to
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<kbd class="menu">Select &gt; Select All In Track</menu>.
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<p>
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See the <a href="/working-with-tracks/track-context-menu/">Track Context Menu</a>
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for more information on other per-track selection operations that are available.
</p>
<h2>Select Multiple Regions Across Different Tracks</h2>
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<p>
<kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-click or <kbd class="mouse
mod3">Left</kbd>-click the regions you wish to select.
</p>
<h2>Select a Region From the Region List</h2>
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<p>
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Click the name of the region in the
<a href="/ardours-interface/editor-lists/region-list/">Region List</a>.
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Note that this will do nothing for whole-file regions, since they do not exist
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anywhere in a playlist or track.
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