Talk:Tracks Menu

Gale 23 Sep 10: Align and Move Cursor: These commands are quite confusing and they certainly don't follow up with the Edit > Move Cursor Command as was stated e.g. Align and Move Cursor > Align with Cursor has no equivalent in Edit > Move Cursor. Also the Align (End) with Selection commands do not replace the selection with the cursor as Edit > Move Cursor does and seem identical with the comparable "Align Tracks" commands? I think it would be well worth detailing each command and discussing on -quality or raising bugs if they don't do what they are "supposed" to.

Bill 23 Sep 10: Gale, I think your new description under "Align and Move Cursor" may be all that is needed. Yes, reference to the "Edit > Move Cursor" command was wrong. One point that may affect menu wording is that if there is a selection, the selection is moved (not the cursor). I quickly tested all of these commands and they seem to work as intended. Also, if there is a selection and one of the "align with cursor" commands is executed, the alignment is done to the start of the selection. This brings up the point of whether or not menu items should be enabled/disabled based on whether or not there is a selection. That is, the "align with cursor" commands are disabled when there is a selection, and the "align with selection start/end" commands are disabled when there is no selection. And should (can?) "Align Tracks Together" be disabled when only one track is selected?


 * Gale: Thanks, the description under "Align and Move Cursor" now mentions that the selection moves too but doesn't repeat the "Align Tracks" commands. I explained the "Align Tracks" commands move the tracks equally (except the "together" command) as this is a common misunderstanding. I think enabling/disabling commands strictly is not popular with devels, though I would do it much more. Even the "align with selection start/end" commands work (identically) when there is only a cursor, so graying out may be best left alone. Otherwise someone could argue that align with selection start should be disabled when the tracks already are aligned with selection start...