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| − | The initial recording is focused and selected automatically. When recording a subsequent track that track is only focused and not selected. | + | The initial recording is focused and selected automatically. When recording a subsequent track that track is only focused and not selected. Any Append Record is done to the Selected track which in this case is not the intended track. This requires the user to remember to select the desired track before doing the Append Record. This is a gotcha just waiting to happen. The most recently recorded track should be Focused as well as Selected. |
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The Problem
When recording a second track then wishing to append to that track just executing Append Record results in the appended recording being appended to the first recorded track and not the second. Presently it is required to first select the second track then Append Record. This is counterintuitive and can result in the the data not being added to the intended track.
Proposed Feature
Make a newly recorded track become selected as well as focused.
Developer/QA Backing
- Cliff
- Peter
Use Cases
Append recording
- Record a short section.
- Shift+R to record to a new track.
- R to append record. This appends to the first recording and not the last recording performed. The same thing happens with multiple recordings.
Details
The initial recording is focused and selected automatically. When recording a subsequent track that track is only focused and not selected. Any Append Record is done to the Selected track which in this case is not the intended track. This requires the user to remember to select the desired track before doing the Append Record. This is a gotcha just waiting to happen. The most recently recorded track should be Focused as well as Selected.
GUI Examples
Not needed.
Previous Feature Requests relating to this proposal
TBP
