Select Items on right (or left) of cursor ??

[vanhaze]

I did a find in Action Window but nothing showed up for what i want..

Situation:

In Arrange , click somewhere on a Track area.
Now with an Action like : "Select all Items to the right of cursor" , all items on that Track,on the right of the cursor, will be selected.
And then ofcourse "Select all items to the left of cursor" will select all items to the left of cursor, belonging to that track.

Should i post this as Script request ?

[vanhaze]

So i did alittle searching around here at the forum and stumbled on this Python Script, made by Steve Folta:
(thank you Steve !!):

position = RPR_GetCursorPosition()

which_item = 0
num_items = RPR_CountMediaItems(0)
while which_item < num_items:
item = RPR_GetMediaItem(0, which_item)
which_item += 1
if RPR_GetMediaItemInfo_Value(item, "D_POSITION") >= position:
RPR_SetMediaItemInfo_Value(item, "B_UISEL", 1)
else:
RPR_SetMediaItemInfo_Value(item, "B_UISEL", 0)

RPR_UpdateArrange()


Now this is quite in the right direction for what i want but:
1) it selects ALL items to the right of cursor, not just the ones that are on the Track that is selected.
That is not what i want.
2) Furthermore, this script only can select items to the right of cursor, not to the left.

[gofer]

I use "Xenakios/SWS: Select items to end of track" (has a "to start" counterpart, too) but it's a tad different in that it looks for selected items to determine on which tracks and from where you want to select, not for edit cursor position and selected tracks.

Here is a custom action which I think does what you want (select to right):
EDIT: This macro has issues when playback is running. Sorry. I posted EEL ReaScripts for this purpose in post #6

A few slight changes can make it select to the left.


Writing a script would be fairly straightforward, but this works pretty well, methinks. A bit of custom action DIY training can't be wrong

[vanhaze]

Hi Gofer, many thx and your action works exactly the way i wanted !

I studied your Action and now i am beginning to understand how it works, i am quite a Custom Action noob.. lol.

I made the "select al on left .." myself ; indeed piece of cake :0)

Great stuff !

[gofer]

YAY

Well, not really... I see bad behavior with this macro when playback is running

Probably a script will be better for this indeed.

Working something out when I get back home (if noone else beats me to it)

later

[gofer]

In the attachment is a zip archive of my humble take on these two actions as EEL Scripts. Needed to pack them as I can't attach .eel files directly

Unpack to your ReaScripts folder and then import to Reaper's action list as usual (via ReaScript: "Load..." button)

[FnA]

Originally Posted by gofer

Well, not really... I see bad behavior with this macro when playback is running

Probably a script will be better for this indeed.

Is it the seeking? Is there any trick to stop that? Undo cursor does it too.

Maybe SWS would consider taking it out...

[gofer]

Not only the seeking. Turns out "Time selection: Set start/end point" use the play cursor when playback is running . So the macro creates a super-tiny time selection in that case while the edit cursor hops to the end of project and back for nothing
Would sure be nice to have versions of these which only ever use the edit cursor for custom action building purposes.

While they are easy enough to do as scripts, I think it would be better to have them "easily collectible" as building blocks in SWS extensions, or even built in to stock Reaper.

[vanhaze]

Originally Posted by gofer

In the attachment is a zip archive of my humble take on these two actions as EEL Scripts. Needed to pack them as I can't attach .eel files directly

Unpack to your ReaScripts folder and then import to Reaper's action list as usual (via ReaScript: "Load..." button)

Well Gofer, you are a true Hero !

I just tested your EEL scripts and they made my whishes come true, hooray !

I imported them in Reaper 500pre21 - 64 bit, OSX 10.10.2 : 100% working,

Awesome, thank you so much !

[FnA]

Ah, yes. I agree 100%, gofer. Basic stuff.