Bugzilla – Bug 2439
Mix and Render to New Track selects left channel of new stereo track
Last modified: 2020-05-30 12:34:20 UTC
See steps to reproduce.
This is a regression on 2.3.3
This also afflicts Mix and Render 1) get a stereo track 2) select the track 3) Tracks > Mix > Mix and Render 4) Observe: only the left channel remains selected And it is a genuine selection and not just a cosmetic one - apply an effect, Amplify say, and observe it is only applied to the left channel.
Another variation reported on the forum: https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=395903#p395903
For users of screen readers, there is no indication that only one channel is selected - the track is read as being selected. This could lead to the user losing data.
(In reply to David Bailes from comment #4) >This could lead to the user losing data. Upgraded to P2 on the basis of David's comment. Added Quick-Requested flag as we really should be fixing this in the 2.4.2 maintenance release - it just look wrong and plain silly.
DEVEL - FIX MADE https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/6d49228d658241c22afef032a6e0a836f6e52639
Not fixed in commit #3646bb, MacOS Mojave. Mix and render leaves both left and right channels in the original and the new track selected. Delete deletes both tracks completely. The new track is in focus as well.
Testing on W10 with Audacity 2.4.0 3646bb8 I agree with Bill - that we still have a regression here In 2.3.x and 2.2.x - the selection remains as before the Mix & Render to New Track with the new track mot added to the selection - but focus is transferred to the new track In 2.1.x after the Mix & Render to New Track - all selections are removed - focus is placed on the new track 2.0.x has no facility for Mix & Render to New Track
DEVEL - FIX MADE https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/0417b2bf4146fa4d6a6cec60dd81ff0e460787e2 apologies for the incorrect bug bug number in the commit.
MacOS Mojave, commit: 0417b2, now when the initial track is the first track results in being selected and the new track is in focus and not selected. Looks good. An oddity, not necessarily a problem, I noticed is that if the Audacity Preferences are set to "select all if required" then if the initial track is an Audacity Project the result is that the initial track is fully selected and the new track not selected. This I expected, but if the initial track is an imported mp3, or probably any imported file type, that if the initial track is not selected before the Mix and Render to a New Track then neither are selected after the operation. It seems odd to me that there would be a difference like this.
Testing on W10 with Audacity 2.4.2 56e7892 That's better, Tested with four mono tracks 1) selected tracks 1 & 3 2) Mix & Render to New Track 3) Observe a) tracks 1 and 3 remain selected b) new track is not selected c) new track is focused d) new track is inserted after track 3 and above track 4
