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<p>
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Navigating the Editor window is obviously a very frequent operation. Ardour sticks
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with a lot of the usual conventions in this regard, to allow for a quick learning.
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As those operations are so common, it is worth taking the time to learn most of
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the keyboard and mouse shortcuts in order for these to become fast and natural.
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<p>
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The keyboard shortcuts can, as always, be edited, so the defaults are shown here.
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</p>
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<h2>Panning and scrolling</h2>
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<p>
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Panning can be done on-canvas, or with the <a href="@@summary">Summary</a>. Panning
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vertically is often named <em>scrolling</em>.
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</p>
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<h3>On Canvas</h3>
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<table>
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<thead>
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<tr><th>Action</th><th>Mouse</th><th>Keyboard</th></tr>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr><th>Panning up</th><td><kbd class="mouse">⇑</kbd></td><td><kbd>↑</kbd></td></tr>
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<tr><th>Panning down</th><td><kbd class="mouse">⇓</kbd></td><td><kbd>↓</kbd></td></tr>
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<tr><th>Panning up one page</th><td></td><td><kbd>⇞</kbd></td></tr>
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<tr><th>Panning down one page</th><td></td><td><kbd>⇟</kbd></td></tr>
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<tr><th>Panning left</th><td><kbd class="mod3 mouse">⇑</kbd></td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><th>Panning right</th><td><kbd class="mod3 mouse">⇓</kbd></td><td></td></tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<p class="note">
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Moving the playhead outside the view may scroll the screen accordingly, so using
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or <kbd class="mod2">←</kbd> or <kbd class="mod2">→</kbd>, while not
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<em>panning</em> per se, will result in panning if <kbd class="option">Transport
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> Follow playhead</kbd> is checked. This is also true with the <a href="@@mini-timeline">
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Navigation Timeline</a>, and anything that moves the Playhead.
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</p>
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<h3>In the Summary</h3>
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<p>
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Clicking and dragging in the Summary will pan the view left and right. If the
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screen view is clicked (the white rectangle) and dragged, the view can also be panned
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vertically.
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Additionnaly, on the left of the Summary, the two <kbd class="menu"><</kbd> and
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<kbd class="menu">></kbd> arrows buttons allow to scroll one screen either left
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or right, while at the right of the Summary, the two <kbd class="menu">∧</kbd> and
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<kbd class="menu">∨</kbd> arrows buttons allow to scroll one screen either up
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or down.
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</p>
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<h2>Zooming</h2>
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<p>
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Zooming (on time) can be done on-canvas (which will always be centerd around the mouse cursor),
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with the Summary, or with the <a href="@@zoom-controls">Zoom Controls</a>.
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</p>
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<h3>On Canvas</h3>
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<table class="dl">
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<tr><th>Zooming in</th><td><kbd class="mod1 mouse">⇑</kbd></td></tr>
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<tr><th>Zooming out</th><td><kbd class="mod1 mouse">⇓</kbd></td></tr>
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</table>
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<h3>In the Summary</h3>
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<p>
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Resizing the screen view in the Summary (the white rectangle) changes the zoom
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accordingly.
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</p>
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<h3>With the Zoom Controls</h3>
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<p>
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With the Zoom Focus set, the <kbd>−</kbd> and <kbd>+</kbd> buttons
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will zoom out or in around this focus. The <kbd>[ ]</kbd> button zooms to the
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whole session as defined by the start and end markers.
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<p>
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Theses controls are bound to the keyboard <kbd>−</kbd> and <kbd>=</kbd>
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respectively by default.
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</p>
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<h2>Height of the tracks</h2>
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<p>
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Changing the height of the tracks results in more or less tracks on screen. This
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can be done on canvas, with the Summary or with the Zoom Controls.
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</p>
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<h3>On canvas</h3>
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<p>
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Using <kbd class="mod2 mouse">⇓</kbd> or <kbd class="mod2 mouse">⇑</kbd>
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while hovering over a track reduces or enhances its height, i.e. zooms on the
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hovered track, regardless of the selection.
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<p>
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The <kbd>F</kbd> key resizes the tracks so that only the selected one(s) are
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displayed. If some unselected tracks are inbetween those selected tracks, their
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<a href="@@the-tracks-and-busses-list">visibility</a> will be toggled off.
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</p>
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<h3>In the Summary</h3>
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<p>
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Resizing the screen view in the Summary (the white rectangle) changes the number
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of tracks displayed (hence their heights) accordingly. It behaves more like a zoom
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as the relative height of the tracks are kept.
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</p>
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<h3>With the Zoom Controls</h3>
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<p>
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The three rightmost buttons of the Zoom Control bar, while not zoom buttons,
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act upon the height of the tracks:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>The first selector directly selects how many tracks are currently on screen.</li>
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<li>The second one reduces the height of the selected track(s). If none are
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selected, all the tracks are affected, while maintaining (as long as it is
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possible) their relative heights.</li>
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<li>The third one enlarges the tracks, and is the counterpart of the previous
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one.</li>
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</ul>
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part: part
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title: Navigating the Editor
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include: navigating-the-editor.html
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link: navigating-the-editor
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part: chapter
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title: Editing Basics
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include: editing-basics.html
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