crossfade question

[babag]

i'm finding that crossfades are not respecting the toolbar toggle when splitting and am wondering if i've missed a setting or something. when i split an item at the time selection, i get no crossfades at the split, whether the toolbar is set to auto-crossfade or not. i can get it to make the crossfades on splitting only by setting the perference in preferences--->projects--->media item defaults. no matter how that's set, though, it still doesn't seem to respect the toolbar setting. any tips on this are appreciated.

thx,
babag
reaper64 v5.984 on linux

[nofish]

Yes, that's how it is currently, crossfade when (e.g.) splitting at time selection via action is exclusively controlled by 'Overlap and crossfade items when splitting..' pref.
Not sure if it can considered a bug or not, I've simply made a toolbar button toggling this pref (assigned to action: 'Options: Toggle auto-crossfade on split', it lights up when enabled) and be done with it.

[babag]

thanks, nofish. this is helpful, even if it points up some very confusing and, possibly, contradictory behavior. ;-) makes me wonder what the standard toolbar button for crossfades even does.

for my workflow, the separate enable/disable actions are probably what i'd want to use. found those through your tip. now i have to seriously ponder the dozens of custom actions i have that make use of the 'toggle crossfades on/off' action will have to all be amended to use the 'on split' actions you've pointed out. sigh.

edit:
think i'm starting to get it. editing behavior like dragging an item to overlap another is being kept separate from splitting so there are two separate enable/disable options, one for dragging and one for splitting. not sure i like that but, i guess, that's how it is.

thanks again,
babag