Clicking black "split line" auto-merges. Turn off?

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Gale Andrews
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Re: Clicking black "split line" auto-merges. Turn off?

Post by Gale Andrews » Wed Dec 24, 2014 11:39 pm

Although I really preferred TAB and SHIFT + TAB to go to the next/previous clip boundary respectively, there are good things in this idea that give analogous behaviour for audio and label tracks, so I'm fine to support it (though I do think menu items should be considered for Edit > Move Cursor > To Clip End (and Start) and for Edit > Select > Cursor to Clip End (and Edit > Select > Clip Start to Cursor).

Thanks

Gale
steve wrote: I'll have another go:
  • Tab / Shift+Tab
    Selects the the next / previous label or clip for editing.
    Label tracks currently do this, audio tracks don't.
  • Left / Right cursor keys (no selection)
    Moves the playback cursor left / right.
    Both Label and audio tracks currently do this.
  • Left / Right cursor keys (with selection)
    Jump to the start / end of the selection.
    Both Label and audio tracks currently do this.
  • Shift+cursor key
    Extend the selected region.
    Both Label and audio tracks currently do this.
  • Shift+Ctrl+cursor key
    Contract the selected region.
    Both Label and audio tracks currently do this.
  • Alt + cursor key
    jump to next label / clip boundary.
    New feature.
  • Alt+Shift+cursor key
    Extend selection to the next label / clip boundary
    New feature.
  • Alt+Ctrl+Shift+cursor key
    (Awkward to use, but the least useful of these options)
    Contract the selection to the next label / clip boundary
    New feature.
Robert J. H. wrote:In other words, pressing alt/option along with the traditional keys uses the clip/label boundaries instead of the step size defined by zoom.
Yes, exactly that.
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steve
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Re: Clicking black "split line" auto-merges. Turn off?

Post by steve » Thu Dec 25, 2014 2:22 pm

Gale Andrews wrote:though I do think menu items should be considered for Edit > Move Cursor > To Clip End (and Start) and for Edit > Select > Cursor to Clip End (and Edit > Select > Clip Start to Cursor
Sounds reasonable.
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