Pointer shortcuts for the Tracks area in Logic Pro for Mac

Add new track (or tracks) for dragged audio files, regions, or Apple Loops

Command key while dragging audio files, regions, or Apple Loops between two track headers

Set marquee selection to entire region

Command-Option while clicking on a region

Set track to Solo Safe mode

Control-click Solo button in track header

Activate or deactivate Solo mode for the channel strip and deactivate Solo mode for all other tracks

Option-click Solo button in track header

Activate or deactivate Solo for all tracks

Command-click Solo button in track header

Activate or deactivate Mute for the track and deactivate Mute for all other tracks

Option-click Mute button in track header

Activate or deactivate Mute for all tracks (except output tracks and master track)

Command-click Mute button in track header

Turn all tracks on or off, and activate or deactivate plug-ins on all channel strips

Command-click On/Off button in track header

Turn track on or off, but keep plug-ins on channel strips activated

Option-click On/Off button in track header

Turn all tracks on or off, but keep plug-ins on all channel strips activated

Option-Command-click On/Off button in track header

Adjust volume, pan, send, mute, or solo without affecting other selected channel strips or members of that Mixer group

Shift key while dragging or clicking

Move regions by one division

Control key while dragging regions

Move regions by one tick

Control-Option while dragging regions

Snap to finest possible resolution in current snap mode

Control-Shift-click to select region

Create alias of a MIDI region or folder that starts where the region was dragged

Option-Shift while dragging region or folder

Move regions by samples if zoomed in, by ticks if zoomed out

Control-Shift while dragging region or regions

Create fade-in

Control-Shift while scrolling down from upper left corner of audio region

Create fade-out

Control-Shift while scrolling down from upper right corner of audio region

Create crossfade

Control-Shift while scrolling horizontally of the end of one audio region to the beginning of an adjacent audio region

Create new track (same track type as the focused track) with default patch

Option-click New Tracks button 

Create new track (same track type as the focused track) with an empty channel strip

Option-Shift-click New Tracks button 

Create new track (opposite track type as the focused track) with the default patch

Command-click New Tracks button 

Create new track (opposite track type as the focused track) with an empty channel strip

Shift-Command-click New Tracks button 

Create new track with duplicate settings

Click Duplicate Track button 

Create new track with duplicate settings and content

Command-click Duplicate Track button 

Delete fade

Option-click fade area with Fade tool

Split regions into regions of equal length

Option-click with Scissors tool

Select entire take

Option-click take lane (with comp selected)

Remove a take section from the current comp

Shift-click take section

Open audio region in the Audio File Editor

Option key while double-clicking audio region

Move the selection end farthest from the pointer to the pointer position

Option-Shift-click inside marquee selection

Move the selection end closest to the pointer to the pointer position

Shift-click inside marquee selection

Add or remove an existing marquee selection to other tracks

Shift-click with the Marquee tool inside the marquee boundaries of other track lanes

Extend the cycle range to the clicked position

Shift-click in cycle area of bar ruler

Skip Cycle

Command-click the cycle range

Skip Cycle

Command-click the autopunch range in the ruler

Show or hide autopunch area

Option-Command-click ruler

Select (or deselect) multiple tracks

Shift-click multiple track headers

Change marquee selection start or end point

Shift-click in Tracks area with Marquee tool

Create marquee selection of entire region

Option-click on region with Marquee tool

Create marquee selection from start of first to end of last clicked region

Option-Shift-click on multiple regions with Marquee tool

Display notes from all selected MIDI regions in the Piano Roll Editor

Shift-click multiple MIDI regions

Restrict movement to initial drag direction

Shift key while dragging horizontally or vertically

Only selected tracks are set to a color but not any selected regions

Command-click a color in the Color palette

The region starts to play in Solo mode from the beginning and not the click position

Option key while long-clicking a region with the Solo tool

Move playhead to click position

Shift-click the track lane

Start playback from click position

Shift key while double-clicking the background of the Track header

Resize tool changes to the Stretch tool

Option key while dragging the left or right region border

Open Piano Roll Editor as standalone window

Option key while double-clicking a MIDI region

Open Audio File Editor as standalone window

Option key while double-clicking an audio region

Select all members of a group

Option-click a group in the Group Settings window

Set playhead at click position and activate cycle range for the length of the marker if present

Shift-click ruler

Shorten looped region

Click with Join tool

Merge looped region into a single region

Option-click looped region

Select all regions on track lane

Shift key while double-clicking a region

Vertically zoom all tracks of the same track type

Command-drag lower divider line of a track header

Reset all track headers to the default individual zoom level

Shift-click divider line between track headers

Vertically zoom all tracks proportionally

Option key while scrolling vertically in Tracks area

Toggle Record Enable on a track and deselect Record Enable on all other tracks

Option-click the Record Enable button on a software instrument track

Select track header without changing current region selection

Option-click track header

Show/hide the Library

Double-click track icon in the track header

Turn “Record Automation with Audio/MIDI Regions” on or off for all tracks and newly created tracks

Option-click “Record Automation with Audio/MIDI Regions” in the Automation Mode pop-up menu