Labels Editor

Using the Labels Editor
launches a keyboard-accessible Labels Editor. This shows all the labels at once in a tabular view, similar to a spreadsheet. Each row represents a single individual label:
 * [[Image:EditLabelDialog.png|Edit Labels dialog box with tabular view of labels]]

If you don't yet have any label tracks, you can simply open Labels Editor where a row for a new label track and its first label will be available for editing.

Use the keys on your keyboard to navigate easily left, right, up or down between the table cells and rows. Closing the editor with a label row selected selects that label in the label track (without opening it for editing). Pressing will then move the view to the start of that label and play the audio from the start of that label.

To open a cell for editing, use or double-click. To confirm the edit, press to move down into the same cell in the next label, or  to move into the following cell for the current label. Similarly, hold and press  to move back to the previous cell for that label.

Opening the Start Time or End Time cell for editing lets you use or  arrow keys to move between selected time digits, then  or  arrow keys to increment the digits. Alternatively you can type the number wanted for the selected digit. Labels Editor shows the selection format currently chosen in Selection Toolbar. To change the format temporarily to some other unit of time or to samples, audio CD frames or film frames, use the context key on your keyboard or click the downward-pointing arrow to right of the digits.
 * [[Image:EditLabelsWithControl.png|Edit Labels dialog with time cell open for editing]]

Inserting and removing labels
Navigating into any cell in the row for that label (or selecting that cell with the mouse) selects that label for action by the following three buttons:


 * Insert After: Insert a single label into the list after the selected label
 * Insert Before: Insert a single label into the list before the selected label
 * Remove: Remove the selected label without moving back any following labels.

After using either Insert button, type the label name, then into and open the Start Time and End Time cells in turn to set the position of the new label.

Moving a label to a new label track: In the row for the label you want to move, open the cell under the "Track" column. Then select, press on your keyboard (or use the Label Editor's  button), type the name of the new track then press. This will move the label in that row to the new track. The new label track is now selectable in the Track cells in all rows.

Creating a new empty label track and editing its labels: Use either Insert button to add a new label row, then open the Track cell in that row and choose  and press  as above to allocate that label to a new track. It is often easiest to do this by selecting the top row then inserting before that row. The new row then remains selected after naming the new track, then you can into the other fields as needed to name the first label and set its position.

Importing and Exporting labels
Import... and Export... buttons: These respectively import a labels text file or export all the labels to a text file (irrespective of which labels are selected). These buttons are equivalent to the File Menu commands for importing and exporting labels.

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