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Selecting Elements

You can select a single element or any number of elements.

To select elements on the timeline:

1. Do any of the following.

   To select:	Do this:
   An element	Click the element.
   Multiple elements	Press Ctrl while clicking each element. To add or subtract from multiple selections, hold Ctrl and select the element to be added or removed.
   A range of elements on a layer or track	Click the first element, hold Shift and click the last element. All elements between the elements you clicked are selected.
   A range of frames on the current track	Hold Ctrl and drag the positioner. The frames on all layers of a track that the positioner passes over are selected.
   A range of frames on all tracks	Hold Shift and drag the positioner. The frames on all layers of each track that the positioner passes over are selected.
   All elements	Click the element selection hot spot or press / on the numeric keypad.
   Any range of frames or elements	Select an option from the Selection Method box (see step 2) and then drag to draw a rectangle or bounding box around the elements that you want to select.

   
   

   (a) Element selection hot spot  (b) Selection Method box  

2. If you want to use the cursor to draw a rectangle or bounding box, select which elements to include in the selection from the Selection Method box.

   Select:	To select:
   Inclusive	All elements that are partially or entirely included in the bounding box.
   Partial	Only the portions of the elements that fall within the bounding box. Audio is selected on a sub-frame basis if Sub-frame Positioner is selected in the Timeline section of the Preferences menu.
   Partial A/V	Only the portions of the elements that fall within the bounding box. Audio is selected on a frame basis even if Sub-frame Positioner is selected in the Timeline section of the Preferences menu.
   Bounded	Only elements that are fully in the bounding box.

   NoteMore than half the height of an element must be included in the bounding box for the element to be selected. If elements are so tightly spaced that you cannot draw a bounding box without selecting an unwanted element, press Alt+W before drawing the rectangle.

To deselect elements on the timeline:

1. Do any of the following:
   • Press * on the numeric keypad.
   • Alt-click the element selection hot spot.
   • Click in the empty space of the timeline to the right of the slider bar.

   
   

   (a) Element selection hot spot  (b) Slider bar