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title: Selecting Tracks
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<p>
Tracks are <dfn>selected</dfn> by clicking on the Track header at the left
of the Editor window. You can select multiple tracks with <kbd class="mod1
mouse">Left</kbd> clicks, or a range of consecutive tracks with <kbd
class="mod3 mouse">Left</kbd>.
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<p>
By default, <dfn>selecting regions</dfn> has no impact on
<dfn>track selection</dfn>.
You can select a track, then select a region in another track
(or vice versa) and both selections will co-exist happily.
Operations that are applied to tracks will use the track selection,
and those that apply to regions will use the region selection.
Similarly, deselecting a region will not deselect the track it
is in (if that track was selected).
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<p>
In some workflows, and particularly if you have experience with
other <abbr title="Digital Audio Workstation">DAW</abbr>s, this
is not the most comfortable way to work. You may prefer to work
in a style where selecting a region will also select the track
that the region is in. Similarly, when the last selected region
in a track is deselected, the track will also become unselected.
</p>
<p>
To control this behaviour, set <kbd class="menu">Edit &gt;
Preferences &gt; Editor &gt; Link selection of regions and tracks</kbd>.
</p>