How do set the selection mode to "all tracks?"

Audacity 3 Help Forum
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I’m using Audacity 3.7.7. I can’t find any setting that activates multi-track selection. I’m working on a stereo file, so obviously most edits should be applied to both channels.

Thanks for any insight!

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Thanks, but I don’t think that addresses my question. When I drag-select a region of a waveform, I want it to be selected on all tracks. For example, if you have a stereo file and you want to cut some silence out; you’d drag-select the silent region and press Delete. Or you want to select a region and adjust its volume on both tracks.

Right now, Audacity only selects material in one of the tracks, regardless of where the cursor is.

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Once the region has been selected in on one track, Ctrl+Shift+K to extend that selection to all tracks

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Thanks. But… really? After every selection you have to press a three-fingered hotkey to do what every other waveform editor does by default (for good reason)?

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Can sync-lock a group of tracks then the selection will be applied to all of them.

Also can also drag the cursor across different tracks …

drag cursor across the tracks, then delete