Restricting movement

By default, you can click anywhere in the pan area and drag the mouse to move the sound source. If you want the positioning handle to jump to a specific position, you can click once at that position.

However, you can also limit movement to a specific direction, using the corresponding modifier keys (or the arrow icons above the pan area). That way you can scale down your movements, or have the sound source move along a certain axis (e. g. from bottom left to top right).

  • When you press a modifier key (e. g. Ctrl/Cmd), the corresponding icon above the pan area is highlighted with a lighter border, indicating that this mode is active.

    As soon as you release the modifier key, you return to standard mode.

  • By clicking on one of the icons above the pan area, the corresponding positioning mode is activated persistently. That way you do not have to keep the corresponding modifier key pressed all the time.

    To deactivate the selected positioning mode, switch back to standard mode.

The following modes are available:

Icon

Modifier key(s)

Description



-

Standard mode, no restrictions apply.



Shift

Mouse movements are scaled to allow very fine movements. This is useful when panning in the miniature display in the channel, for example.



Ctrl/Cmd

Horizontal movements only.



Ctrl/Cmd-Shift

Vertical movements only.



Alt

Diagonal movements only (bottom left to top right).



Alt-Shift

Diagonal movements only (bottom right to top left).



Shift-Ctrl/Cmd-Alt

In this mode the mouse pointer immediately jumps to the positioning handle even if it is located outside the pan area (only visible in Overview Mode).