[Audacity-devel] bug 675. Track Drop-down Menu commands (enhancement)

[Steve t. F. <ste...@gm...>]

Re. http://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675
I'd like to propose three additional commands to the Track Drop-down Menu:

Move Track to Top
Move Track to Bottom
Swap Stereo Channels

What these commands address:

When working with large project, it can be rather slow to move a track
a long way up or down and is hindered by the fact that the screen may
need to be scrolled several times. It is particularly tiresome for VI
users to repeatedly move tracks up or down one step at a time. "Move
Track to Top" is particularly useful given that both "Mix and Render"
and "Add New Track" always place the new track at the bottom.

"Swap Stereo Channels" is a useful shortcut to splitting, moving and
(re)making stereo. Hopefully it  will also help novice users to
understand how "Make Stereo Tracks" works, and if not, then at least
if provides an easy and obvious way to correct the mistake if they
join tracks the wrong way round.

There have been minor changes to the access keys to accommodate the
new commands:
Move Track Up/Down are now &U / &D rather than &p &D.
Waveform / Waveform (dB) are now &v / &W rather than &v / &B
Split Stereo Track is now &i rather than &t

The full (9 page) discussion leading up to this patch is available on
the forum: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=75191

Steve