Multi-Tool

JC: I'm not sure what happens about horizontal zooming on a Mac. It might not work.

BW: works fine if you have a two-button mouse, and by CTRL + click.

This tool is likely to change in future versions of Audacity so that SHIFT or CTRL are not needed when time shifting.

• BW: Is the alert div above still valid? Is there any functionality missing?
  
• JC: The 'alert' is still true, but doesn't need saying. We're documenting the current state not our future plans. The original multi-tool didn't need SHIFTs and CTRLs when time shifting, and the fact it does now makes it a lot less useful.

Multi-Tool mode on the Tools Toolbar lets you access all five tools on this toolbar at once, depending on the location of the mouse and the keys you are holding down.

To use Multi-Tool Mode, click the button on the Tools Toolbar or press F6 your keyboard.

Multi-Tool automatically selects one of the five tools on the Tools Toolbar in response to mouse moves and key presses. The mouse cursor changes to show which of its functions is currently available (the cursor will appear like the button for the relevant tool on the toolbar).

Selection Tool is available when the cursor looks like an "I" with a top and tail. You can click in the track and draw selection areas.

Envelope Tool
	Hover the mouse over the waveform either on the upper or lower envelope boundary, or half way between the boundary and the center line. The cursor then changes to an upward and downward pointing white triangle. Now click and drag with the mouse to use Envelope Tool as per its standalone usage.

Draw Tool is made available by zooming in to close to sample level, and hovering the mouse close to the line joining the individual samples. The cursor then changes to a pencil.

• Zoom Tool (to right-click on a Mac computer, hold down CTRL then click).
  • Horizontal zooming shows you more or less of the audio on the Timeline. To zoom out, right-click. To zoom in to a selected region, right-click and drag out the region (the region borders have a vertical dotted line). Then release the mouse.
  • Vertical zooming shows you more or less of the amplitude of the audio. Hover over the vertical ruler to left of the waveform and the cursor changes to a magnifying glass with a "+" symbol. To zoom out, right-click. To zoom in to a selected region, right-click and drag out the region (the region borders have a horizontal dotted line). Then release the mouse.

Time Shift Tool

To shift an entire track hover over one of the drag bars at the left or right edge of the waveform, as image to left. The cursor will change to . Now hold down SHIFT and drag with the mouse in either direction. Dragging without SHIFT will also work as long as the track starts at time zero and does not contain multiple clips. To shift an individual clip hold down CTRL (COMMAND on Mac) while over one of the clips. The cursor will change to . Now drag with the mouse in either direction.