I guess what I'm failing to understand is why you want a de-select AND a change focus command, when the whole reason for deselecting as far as I can see is to THEN change focus.joeyluck wrote: ↑01 Oct 2018
Maybe I'll make a video to describe the issues to better show them.
If there was a deselect option, they wouldn't have had to add those small arrow buttons (which again don't show well what they are there for) to switch focus when doing multi edit. It could've remained the same as before, and what might've been annoying before (because it served no purpose) would now actually be beneficial—you'd select tracks and then simply switch focus by clicking anywhere.
In the newest version, there are master keyboard buttons on every track, so now you can switch focus of a track without switching master keyboard assignment. But don't click anywhere near there though, because that deselects your selections...
From what I recall, you are also a Pro Tools user. I used it a while back and this shortcut was in there then. Useful I think and would help to avoid all these weird additions and behaviors and where you can click rules to deselect or change focus without losing selection, etc. It's just clunky IMO and thankfully the tutorial window is there and hopefully will explain it to new users; something that veteran users can be confused about and disagree on...
Why not just change focus directly, without the extra step of deselecting all?
I'm all for simpler and more direct operation, and I'm not having any issues doing all of the things described here (for the first time ever in Reason).
I've always used the "standard" master keyboard approach in Reason, and that may be another thing separating your experience and mine, since I never need to edit a track that I don't also want to play. OK, I just tried working the way you work - seems totally obvious where to click to select key focus. Even when I shrink the track to the smallest possible size I cannot accidentally change key focus when selecting a track, or accidentally loose my selection. Probably need to use this mode in the "heat of the moment" when working on a track to see what you're talking about. Still, seems very clear and intuitive to me at first glance, and pretty 'bulletproof'.
I also don't see a way around the edit selector buttons in multi lane edit mode. You can still select a single track as before if you want, or select focus with the arrows. With your suggestion you'd need to add a button to exit multi-lane edit mode, since clicking anywhere just changes focus but keeps you in multi-lane edit mode, right? I prefer the Props way (for once!), as it keeps consistency with the way the other parts of the UI work, and the way the sequencer works when NOT in multi lane edit. Meaning, clicking a track selects it - ALWAYS.