Selecting events

When working with the Event tool (), you can select one or more events, but you cannot create time selections. To select an event, click it.

Double-click an event to select it and adjust the loop bar to the length of the event.

Selecting events using menu commands

From the Edit menu, choose Event, and then choose Select Next Event or Select Previous Event from the submenu to select the next or previous event in the data window.

Choose Extend to Next Event or Extend to Previous Event to extend the current selection to the next or previous event in the data window.

Selecting events using keyboard shortcuts

You can use the following keyboard shortcuts to select events while using the Event tool:

Command

Keyboard shortcut

Select the next event.

Shift+Right Arrow

 

 

Select the previous event.

Shift+Left Arrow

 

 

Extend the selection to the next event.

Shift+Ctrl+Right Arrow

 

 

Extend the selection to the previous event.

Shift+Ctrl+Left Arrow

 

 

Selecting multiple events

You can select multiple events in your project using two methods.

Selecting nonadjacent events

1.Hold the Ctrl key.

2.Select the events by clicking them.

To deselect an event, click it again to toggle the event selection on or off.

Selected events

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