Pointer shortcuts for the Tracks area in Logic Pro for Mac

The following table lists functions available in the Tracks area when you use pointer shortcuts.

Function	Modifier key and action
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 (if no patch is loaded on the track)
Show/hide the Smart Controls pane	Double-click track icon in the track header (if a patch is loaded on the track)
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