How to select the event behind the cursor

markzwijsen wrote on 11/17/2015, 4:46 PM
When I am editing events on the timeline, often a specific event is selected (it has a yellow border), but my cursor is elsewhere on the spot where I want to do some trimming or other changes to an event.
How do I easily get the event on the spot of the cursor to be selected/highlighted with yellow? Is there a keyboard shortcut for this?

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vkmast wrote on 11/18/2015, 5:45 AM
See if Shift+Click on that event does what you want.
Eagle Six wrote on 11/18/2015, 10:10 AM
You want to highlight/select the clip behind the current cursor position without the cursor moving? Do I understand you correctly?

If there is a shortcut, I would surely be interested in it.

I first select the clip I'm going to effect, then place the cursor on the spot effected, and then make my effect.

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vkmast wrote on 11/18/2015, 11:44 AM
Shift+Click seems somewhat erratic.

Try Ctrl+Click. Or better still Right-click and Escape.

"... you can always use Ctrl-click to select/deselect events without moving the cursor. "
(Tim L)

"Yes, right-click then escape seems to be the easiest way."
[MSmart)

Thanks guys!=)







Chienworks wrote on 11/18/2015, 12:20 PM
If you're gonna use the keyboard anyway, an alternative is Shift+Ctrl+A, which unselects everything, then Ctrl-Click to select just the one event.

Either way works. There's just lots of ways.
vkmast wrote on 11/18/2015, 12:39 PM
Thanks Chienworks!
Eagle Six wrote on 11/18/2015, 1:42 PM
Shift+Ctrl+A, then Ctrl-Click
"There's just lots of ways."
Thanks Chienworks

It would appear there isn't a keyboard shortcut, so work arounds are nice.


Best Regards.......George

System Specs......
Corsair Obsidian Series 450D ATX Mid Tower
Asus X99-A II LGA 2011-v3, Intel X99 SATA 6 Gb/s USB 3.1/3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i7-6800K 15M Broadwell-E, 6 core 3.4 GHz LGA 2011-v3 (overclocked 20%)
64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200
Corsair Hydro Series H110i GTX 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
MSI Radeon R9 390 DirectX 12 8GB Video Card
Corsair RMx Series RM750X 740W 80 Plus Gold power pack
Samsung 970 EVO NVMe M.2 boot drive
Corsair Neutron XT 2.5 480GB SATA III SSD - video work drive
Western Digitial 1TB 7200 RPM SATA - video work drive
Western Digital Black 6TB 7200 RPM SATA 6Bb/s 128MB Cache 3.5 data drive

Bluray Disc burner drive
2x 1080p monitors
Microsoft Window 10 Pro
DaVinci Resolve Studio 16 pb2
SVP13, MVP15, MVP16, SMSP13, MVMS15, MVMSP15, MVMSP16

vkmast wrote on 11/18/2015, 2:49 PM
You might be interested to know that the software online Help uses the term more loosely and lists Ctrl+click in "Keyboard Shortcuts" (Event selection and editing).
Vegas Pro has the "Customize Keyboard" option, MSPlatinum does not.

UKharrie wrote on 11/20/2015, 7:22 AM
Selecting "AT the Cursor" - - - - e.g to then make a cut, S=split.
Selecting:-
Shift and click works for me SMSv12 - WIn7 32b.
can't say I've noticed anything erratic. Will look-out though.
Good Luck.
vkmast wrote on 11/20/2015, 7:34 AM
"Selecting at the cursor" you'll be likely to see the cursor move, when you have several events on the timeline, unless you zoom in time.
Be sure to compare before and after in the Preview window.

And by all means, "look-out" re Shift+Click.
Hint: read the last two posts in the "Tim L/MSmart" thread I linked.