Selecting clips

Before you move, copy, edit, or delete clips you need to select them. There are several ways to select whole clips, as shown in the table:

To do this	Do this
Select a single clip	Click on the clip in the Clips pane.
Select several clips at once	With the right mouse button, drag in a rectangular pattern that touches each clip.
Select all the clips in a track	Click on the track number in the Track view.
Select a portion of one or more clips	Use the Smart tool or Select tool and drag across the bottom part of the clip(s). The Snap to Grid setting determines the size portion you can select.
Add clips to the selection	Hold the SHIFT key and either click on the clips or drag a rectangle around the clips.
Add or remove clips from the selection	Hold the CTRL key and either click on the clips or drag a rectangle around the clips.
Add or remove all clips in a track from the selection	Hold the CTRL key and click on the track number.

Whenever a selection exists, the selection range is displayed in the time ruler, with draggable markers at either end of the selection range.

Figure 150. Selection markers in the time ruler.

A. Selection From (start) marker B. Drag to move selection range C. Selection Thru (end) marker 

To extend or truncate the selection range

To extend or truncate the selection range, drag a selection marker.

The selection will be cleared if you drag the start handle onto the end handle (and vice versa).

The Time ruler follows the Snap to Grid settings, if enabled.

 

Tip: If multiple markers overlap, you can click any of the overlapping markers and keep the mouse button down, then press TAB to cycle through to the marker you want to move. For example, if a selection, loop, and punch marker are all at measure 5, pressing TAB (while holding down the left mouse button) cycles through S (selection), L (Loop), and P (Punch).

To move the existing selection range

To move the existing selection range, drag the green bar that connects the two selection markers