OK, like Matt pointed out in his reply, let's say you had a few tracks and they were all selected, well, pressing either Control-Option-semicolon or Control-Option-p would have no effect because all the tracks are selected and the insertion point has nowhere to go. You need to retract the insertion cursor at least once which will retract it from the bottom-most track. One can actually retract it several times but, for VoiceOver users,, it's kind of a nuisance to keep passing through the keystrokes. Of course, one can always simply turn off VoiceOver, perform the shortcut several times and turn VoiceOver back on. The other thing is (and I think this might still apply because it used to in the early versions of Pro tools), if you have several tracks selected and have an insertion cursor running through all of them, if you retract from the bottom track and then just use Control-Option-semicolon, the insertion cursor will move down to the bottom track and only be located in the bottom track. It's sort of a shortcut to just move the insertion point to one track. Then, you can use the Control-Option-p shortcut to move back up the list to the desired track.
Slau On Feb 27, 2014, at 8:40 AM, Scott Chesworth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Slau, > > Just curious, what's the difference between that CTRL+Option+; > keystroke to retract the insertion cursor from the bottom track and > using CTRL+P to select the track above? I've never encountered the > keystroke you mentioned, trying to think of a use case where it'd > apply so there's more chance I'll remember it. > > Scott > > On 2/27/14, Slau Halatyn <[email protected]> wrote: >> To retract the insertion cursor from the bottom-most track, use the keyboard >> shortcut Control-Option-semicolon. This, however, is also the VoiceOver >> command for keyboard lock. So, you must first pass the shortcut through with >> Control-Option-tab, then use Control-Option-semicolon to retract the >> insertion from the bottom track. From there, you can use Control--semicolon >> and Control-p to move the insertion cursor to the desired track for >> editing. >> >> If all else absolutely fails and, for some reason, you can't get the cursor >> retracted, create a new track which whill automatically deselect the other >> tracks and the insertion cursor will be in the new track. Move the cursor >> with the shortcut keys to the desired track. >> >> BTW, make sure the All group isn't enabled or else the insertion cursor will >> be within all tracks no matter what you do. >> >> HTH, >> >> Slau >> >> On Feb 27, 2014, at 2:16 AM, Des Delgadillo <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi: >>> >>> I'm curious as to whether someone else has encountered this issue and how, >>> if at all, they were able to solve it. When in the track list, I notice >>> that once a track is selected, I cannot unselect it. So when I need to >>> select and edit a different track, my consequent edit will be applied to >>> both tracks. >>> >>> I have tried everything I could think of, including quitting and >>> re-opening my session to no avail. Is there a shortcut or step I might be >>> missing? Any direction would be greatly appreciated. >>> Des >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
