manual/include/track-context-menu.html

<p>
  Within the editor window, context-clicking (<kbd class="mouse">right</kbd>
click) on either a region or empty space within a track displays the <dfn>track
context menu</dfn>. The context menu provides easy access to many track-level
operations.
</p>
<p>
  If a <dfn>region</dfn> is clicked, the first item in the menu is the name of
  the region. If a <a href="@@layering-display">layered region</a> is clicked,
  the next item in the menu is <kbd class="menu">Choose Top</kbd>. If selected,
  a dialog appears that allows to change the vertical order of layers at that
  point. See <a href="@@layering-display">Layering Display</a> for more details.
</p>
<p>
  The rest of the track context menu is structured as follows:
</p>
<table class="dl">

  <tr><th>Play</th><td></td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Play from Edit Point</th><td>Plays from the location of the current <a href="@@edit-point-control">Edit Point</a>.</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Play from Start</th><td>Plays from the start of the session</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Play Region</th><td>Plays the duration of the session from the start of the earliest selected region to the end of the latest selected region</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Select</th><td></td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Select All in Track</th><td>Selects all the regions and automation points in the current track</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Select All Objects</th><td>Selects all the regions and automation points in the session</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Invert Selection in Track</th><td>Select the previously unselected regions, and deselect the previously selected ones <em>only</em> in the current track</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Invert Selection</th><td>Select the previously unselected regions, and deselect the previously selected ones</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Set Range to Loop Range</th><td>Creates a range selection on the selected tracks, based on the selected loop markers, and switches to <a href="@@toolbox">Range Mode tool</a></td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Set Range to Punch Range</th><td>Same as above, based on the selected punch markers</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Set Range to Selected Regions</th><td>Same as above, based on the selected regions (i.e. from the start of the earliest region to the end of the latest one)</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Select All After Edit Point</th><td>Select all the regions and automation points that exist after the Edit Point, even if the region starts before it. If some tracks are selected, only selects on these tracks.</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Select All Before Edit Point</th><td>Same as above, but before the Edit point (i.e. to the left of it)</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Select All After Playhead</th><td>Same as above, but considering the Playhead, regardless of the Edit Point choice</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Select All Before Playhead</th><td>Same as above, with the Playhead</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Select All Between Playhead and Edit Point</th><td>Selects all the regions between the Playhead and the Edit Point</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Select All Within Playhead and Edit Point</th><td>Same as above, but the regions must be totally included between the Playhead and Edit Point</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Select Range Between Playhead and Edit Point</th><td>Creates a Range between the Playhead and the Edit Point</td></tr>

  <tr><th>Edit</th><td></td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Cut</th><td>Deletes the current selection, but puts it in memory ready to be pasted</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Copy</th><td>Copies the current selection to memory</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Paste</th><td>Pastes the memory at the <a href="@@edit-point-control">Edit Point</a>, after a Cut or Copy operation</td></tr>

    <tr><th class="sub1">Align</th><td>Aligns the sync point of all selected regions to the Edit Point</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Align Relative</th><td>Same as above, but considers multiple regions as a block and aligns the whole block, not each regions</td></tr>

  <tr><th>Insert Selected Region</th><td>If a region is selected in <a href="@@the-region-list">the Region List</a>, inserts it in the track</td></tr>

  <tr><th>Insert Existing Media</th><td>Inserts an external media file in the track, same as <a href="@@adding-pre-existing-material">the <kbd class="menu">Session &gt; Insert Media</kbd> menu</a></td></tr>

  <tr><th>Nudge</th><td></td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Nudge Entire Track Later</th><td>Moves all the region to the right by the amount shown in the <a href="@@nudge-controls">nudge timer</a></td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Nudge Track After Edit Point Later</th><td>Same as above, but only for regions that begin after the Edit Point</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Nudge Entire Track Earlier</th><td>Same as above, to the left</td></tr>
    <tr><th class="sub1">Nudge Track After Edit Point Earlier</th><td>Same as above, to the left</td></tr>

  <tr><th>(un)Freeze</th><td>Consolidates all the regions in the track into one <em>frozen</em> region which can be handled as a normal, single region. This operation can be undone at any time with the same sub-menu.</td></tr>
</table>