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Mouse Operations

this page needs to be linked to the appropriate sections in the manual. it contains only mouse operations from the old manual, new mouse operations are not included.

Throughout this manual we refer to mouse buttons as Button1, Button2 and Button3. By default this maps to left, middle and right mouse button (This is set by the operating system and may differ for some left-handed setups).

We do strongly recommend you to use a 3-button-mouse with ardour.

Generic Mouse Actions

Mouse Action	Result
`Button3` click	Show context menu for clicked-upon item
"Delete" click ( `Shift`+`Button3` )	Remove clicked upon item
"Edit" click (`Ctrl`+`Button3`)	Edit clicked upon item (if possible)
"snap modifier" (`Mod3`)	allow continuous dragging when snap-to is selected

These generic mouse actions can be changed from the options window

Mouse Wheel Actions

Mouse Action	Result
`Mouse Wheel`	scroll editor window up/down (except when in zoom mode)
`Alt`+`Mouse Wheel`	scroll editor window left/right
`Ctrl`+`Mouse Wheel`	zoom in/out
`Shift`+`Mouse Wheel`	change height of selected tracks

The mouse wheel also moves the faders and other controls. In Zoom mode the mouse wheel zooms instead of scrolling the window.

Object Mode

Region Operations

A region has several areas in its on-screen representation:

the waveform (the majority of the region's display area, normally)
the trim bar (the colored bar below the waveform)
the name (in the trim bar, text)
the fade handles (small squares that default to the upper left + right corners)
the fade shape (filled or empty curves representing fade in + fade out)
the gain envelope (hidden by default)

Mouse operations on each area will do different things.

Mouse Action	Result
`Button1` click on waveform	select region
`Shift`+`Button1` click	add region to selection, or deselect it if selected
`Button1` drag on "empty space"	select regions by drawing a rectangle
`Button1` click in trim bar	set start of region
`Button2` click in trim bar	set end of region
`Button1` drag near ends of trim bar	adjust start/end of region
`Ctrl`+`Button1` drag in trim bar	move audio inside region
`Button1` drag	move region
`Ctrl`+`Button1` drag	copy region and move copy
`Button2` drag	fixed time move (for transfer to other tracks)
`Ctrl`+`Button2` drag	fixed time copy+move
`Shift`+`Button2` click	raise region layer
`Alt`+`Shift`+`Button2` click	lower region

Automation Operations

In general Button2-drag will do a constrained drag: control points will stay at the same position in time if dragged up and down.

Mouse Action	Result
`Button1` click in automation track	add a new control point to the line
`Button1` drag in an automation track	select control points
`Button1` drag on control point	move control point
`Button1` drag on line	move line segment or selected control points vertically
`Button2` drag on control-point	constrained adjustment
`Ctrl`+`Button1` drag on control point	move control point+all later points move with the same time displacement

Region Gain Mode

Mouse Action	Result
`Button1` click	add a new control point to the gain envelope
`Button1` drag on control point	move control point
`Button1` drag on line	move line segment
`Ctrl`+`Button1` drag on control point	move control point+all later points

Range Mode

Mouse Action	Result
`Button1` drag outside of a range	define a range
`Button1` drag on range handles	change start/end of a range
`Shift`+`Button1` drag	define an additional range
`Button2` click on another track	move range to another track
`Shift`+`Button1` click on another track	extend range to another track
`Ctrl`+`Button1` drag	move continuous part of range
`Alt`+`Button1` click	seperate range into a new region

Zoom Mode

Mouse Action	Result
`Button1` drag	define the new visible area
`Button1` click	zoom in
`Button2` click	zoom out
`Ctrl`+`Button2` click	zoom to session

Ruler Operations

Mouse Action	Result
`Button1` click in marker, tempo, meter ruler	create a new marker
`Button1` drag on a marker	move marker
`Ctrl`+`Button1` drag on loop or punch mark	move both ends of range at once
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Button1` click in marker	hide marker but do not remove it

Marks, Locations

Mouse Action	Result
`Button1` drag	define a new punch or loop range
other operations as for marks and locations above

Mixer Controls

Mouse Action	Result
`Button1` click	toggle for the track (or the entire mix group when the group is active)
`Button2` click	momentary switch
`Ctrl`+`Button1` click	toggle for the entire mix group when the group is not active
`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`Button1` click	toggle for all the tracks and busses
`Ctrl`+`Button2` click	learn MIDI control
`Shift`+`Button1` click	toggle "lock" of current solo state ("solo safe")
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Button1` click	solo only this track or active group, unsolo all others
`Button1` drag	operate fader
`Ctrl`+`Button1` drag	finer control
`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`Button1` drag	finest control
`Shift`+`Button1` click	reset fader
`Ctrl`+`Button2` click	learn MIDI control

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