Selecting Tracks with Arrow Keys
You can select tracks and events with the Up Arrow key or the Down Arrow key on the computer keyboard. However, you can make the Up Arrow key and the Down Arrow key exclusively available for selecting tracks.
To make the Up Arrow key and the Down Arrow key exclusively available for selecting tracks, open the Preferences dialog, select Editing, and activate Use Up/Down Navigation Commands for selecting Tracks only.
The following applies:
If this option is deactivated and no event/part is selected in the Project window, the Up Arrow key and the Down Arrow key are used to step through the tracks in the track list.
If this option is deactivated and an event/part is selected in the Project window, the Up Arrow key and the Down Arrow key still step through the tracks in the track list – but on the selected track, the first event/part will automatically be selected as well.
If this option is activated, the Up Arrow key and the Down Arrow key are only used to change the track selection – the current event/part selection in the Project window will not be altered.