Selecting a Block of Samples

There are four different ways of selecting blocks:

Click at the beginning of the block and drag the cursor to the end of the block while holding down the CTRL key.

Position the cursor at the beginning of the block and click at the end of the block while holding down the SHIFT key.

Position the cursor at the beginning of the block and use the keyboard LEFT/RIGHT ARROW keys to select the end of the block while holding down the SHIFT key. Release the SHIFT key when finished.

Position the cursor on the overview strip and drag the mouse holding down the right mouse button.

Blocks of samples are displayed on the screen in light gray. Each time you select a new block, the former one is canceled. In order to modify the size of an existing block, place the cursor over the left/right edge of the block. When the cursor turns into a two-sided arrow, drag the boundary to a new position, holding down the left mouse button (when in a soundfile/binary window) or the right mouse button (when on the overview strip).

To return to the beginning of the block, choose the Go to beginning of the block command, available from the Edit menu, or press F11. To jump to the end of the block, choose Go to end of the block or press F12.

To remove a block marking, click the left mouse button while holding down the CTRL key (when in a soundfile/binary window) or click the right mouse button (when on the overview strip).

NOTICE

As you might have noticed, if the CTRL key is not pressed, dragging the cursor will not result in selecting a block. If you don't like this arrangement, uncheck the Use CTRL to select block box in the Preferences dialog, accessible from the Options menu - at your own risk! When clicking the mouse button, one tends to drag the mouse slightly, so when the act of dragging alone becomes equivalent to selecting a block, it is easy to accidentally cancel an existing block.