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title: Track Context Menu
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<p>
  Within the editor window, context-click (right-click) on either a region
  or empty space within a track to display the <dfn>track context menu</dfn>.
  The context menu provides easy access to many track-level operations.
</p>
<p>
  If you click on a <dfn>region</dfn>, the first item in the menu is the name of the
  region. If you click on a
  <a href="/working-with-tracks/controlling-track-appearance/layering-display/">layered region</a>,
  the next item in the menu is <kbd class="menu">Choose Top</kbd>. If selected,
  you will see a dialog that allows you to change the vertical order of layers
  at that point. See <a href="/working-with-tracks/controlling-track-appearance/layering-display/">Layering Display</a> for more details.
</p>
<p>
  The rest of the track context menu is structured as follows:
</p>
<dl class="narrower-table">
  <dt>Play</dt>
  <dd>
    <dl class="narrower-table">
    <dt>Play from Edit Point</dt>
    <dd>Play from the location of the current <a href="/ardours-interface/the-editor/the-toolbar/the-edit-point-control/">edit point</a>.</dd>
      <dt>Play from Start </dt>
      <dd>Play from the start of the session</dd>
      <dt>Play Region(s)</dt>
      <dd>Plays the duration of the session from the start of the earliest selected region to the end of the latest selected region</dd>
    </dl>
  </dd>
  <dt>Select</dt>
  <dd>
    <dl class="narrower-table">
      <dt>Select All in Track</dt>
      <dt>Select All</dt>
      <dt>Invert Selection in Track</dt>
      <dt>Invert Selection</dt>
      <dt>Set Range to Loop Range</dt>
      <dt>Set Range to Punch Range</dt>
      <dt>Select All After Edit Point</dt>
      <dt>Select All Before Edit Point</dt>
      <dt>Select All After Playhead</dt>
      <dt>Select All Before Playhead</dt>
      <dt>Select All Between Playhead and Edit Point</dt>
      <dt>Select All Within Playhead and Edit Point</dt>
      <dt>Select Range Between Playhead and Edit Point</dt>
    </dl>
  </dd>
  <dt>Edit</dt>
  <dd>
    <dl class="narrower-table">
<dt>Cut</dt>
<dt>Copy</dt>
<dt>Paste</dt>
<dt>Align</dt>
<dt>Align Relative</dt>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt>Insert Selected Region</dt>
<dt>Insert Existing Media</dt>
<dt>Nudge</dt>
<dd>
<dl class="narrower-table">
<dt>Nudge Entire Track Later</dt>
<dt>Nudge Track After Edit Point Later</dt>
<dt>Nudge Entire Track Earlier</dt>
<dt>Nudge Track After Edit Point Earlier</dt>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt>Freeze</dt>
</dl>