Just tried this concentrating on your mouse modifiers intently!!
Works great! thank you!!!
Only wish (slight niggle) that if i selected the last bar of 8 bars say, and pressed delete that it would just split and delete the last bar
As everything is highlighted, you need to split either end then delete..
Ableton again just deletes whats highlighted within its 'area'
So maybe this should be a Reaper 5 FR alongside better Area Selection?