Can you disable infinite dragging to the right of a waveform

[negev]

It really annoys me when I want to click and drag right to select from a point in a waveform to the end, because it just keeps going.. is there a way to give it a boundary at the end of the waveform so it doesn't select a whole bunch of space after the waveform ends?

thanks,
neg

[kozikowski]

Yes, that drives me crazy, too, but I don't think there's a way around it. I think the reason that's done is to give Audacity "breathing room" to the right if you extend the show by inserting other sounds or changing the show so it gets longer. Also, if you add or capture a new show on track 2 and it goes beyond the end of track 1, then it has to be accommodated. When you're in multi-track, there can't be conflicting end-points.

So it's a Project thing. Audacity is not a WAV editor. A single WAV file is not all there is.

AFAIK.

Koz

[steve]

It really annoys me when I want to click and drag right to select from a point in a waveform to the end, because it just keeps going.

If you wish to extend a selection up to the end of a track, press shift + End.

[kozikowski]

When I'm doing this full speed on the fly, Taking my hands off the mouse for two extra key clicks isn't worth it. Koz

[PGA]

...click and drag right to select from a point in a waveform to the end...

Don't. Click to select with the mouse and then do Shift+K to select from Cursor to Track End (also available through the menus as "Edit > Select > Cursor to Track End"). Unlike Koz, I'm ambidextrous and can operate a mouse with my right hand and the keyboard with my left hand, all at the same time.

[negev]

ok that probably seems like the right approach given the lame context, but really there should be an option to disable the right boundary. you know, like every other wave editor on earth

[negev]

btw PGA, shift+k with your left hand isn't exactly a swift and easy manouvre is it.

[steve]

like every other wave editor on earth

Hmm. Adobe Audition, ProTools, Cubase, Sonar, Reaper... I don't think that any of those behave as you suggest is the norm. I can't think of a single multi-track audio editor that does that.
To my recollection, this is the first complaint that I've seen for this behaviour. I'm having difficulty understanding why, if you prefer to select using (exclusively) the mouse, why don't you just stop dragging when you reach the end of the track?

[negev]

because i'm usually wanting to quickly select the last few seconds of a track in order to chop off the silence at the end. the quick way to do this would be to click, drag to the right to select to the end and then Cmd-E to view the selection. because it lets me drag infinitely off to the end i have to always be careful to stop just past the end, otherwise when i press cmd-e i get the bit of sound i want plus a huge bunch of blank space that doesn't contain any audio. this just feels a bit silly to me.

[PGA]

btw PGA, shift+k with your left hand isn't exactly a swift and easy manouvre is it.

Left hand index finger on the right hand side shift key, left hand little finger on the K. Similarly for Track Start to Cursor (Shift+J)