There's a built-in operator to select all sequences left or right of the time cursor. In PS, we have a tool to deselect strips left or right as well, deselect_all_left_or_right.py. It can work based on the mouse cursor's position, like the default cut tool in Blender (K).
These features can be big time savers, but they need keyboard shortcuts.
Keymaps
In my personal kbd shortcut scheme, I had set Shift Q and Shift E to respectively select all left or right of the time cursor, and Alt Q and Alt E to deselect.
The reason is you can call these shortcuts quickly without moving your left hand on pretty much any keyboard. Thoughts on the keymaps?
Some use cases
Select and deselect to frame a section of the timeline with unwanted edits, and ripple delete
Box select loosely, quickly deselect unwanted strips on the right side of the selection
Select all strips after a certain point in time and concatenate them all with C
There's a built-in operator to select all sequences left or right of the time cursor. In PS, we have a tool to deselect strips left or right as well,
deselect_all_left_or_right.py. It can work based on the mouse cursor's position, like the default cut tool in Blender (K).These features can be big time savers, but they need keyboard shortcuts.
Keymaps
In my personal kbd shortcut scheme, I had set
Shift QandShift Eto respectively select all left or right of the time cursor, andAlt QandAlt Eto deselect.The reason is you can call these shortcuts quickly without moving your left hand on pretty much any keyboard. Thoughts on the keymaps?
Some use cases