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Running 2022 latest update.

I was sure in the past, ctrl+a copied all the chords to the clipboard....is there another command for that now?

Rather than using the copy from/to function.

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When I have a look under "Edit | Copy Special", the option to copy the song to the clipboard does not have a shortcut listed.

I've also noticed that if I drag across the chord sheet to select the chords and then press CTRL+C, the song is copied to the clipboard.


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LOL I do that and in the piano roll to select all notes, but no matter how many times I do it, it always starts to play.

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Virtually every windows program ever written that I know of, CTRL A is the universal command to select everything. CTRL C is to copy what has been selected to the clipboard and CTRL V is to past everything copied to the clipboard.

Even the MAC uses the equivalent keystrokes of CMD A, CMD C and CMD V to accomplish the same thing.

The only program that does not do this for CTRL A, as far as I know of, is BIAB. Why they don't follow the established command structure of the Windows OS, I have never, ever figured out.

That is going back decades that BIAB uses CTRL A to start playing a song.


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Originally Posted By: Noel96
......I've also noticed that if I drag across the chord sheet to select the chords and then press CTRL+C, the song is copied to the clipboard.


Yes, I have used that myself, however if the chord sheet is longer than than the view, it doesn't work as BIAB does not auto-scroll down as you are click-drag, so you miss what is below the current chord layout.

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Virtually every windows program ever written that I know of, CTRL A is the universal command to select everything. CTRL C is to copy what has been selected to the clipboard and CTRL V is to past everything copied to the clipboard.

Even the MAC uses the equivalent keystrokes of CMD A, CMD C and CMD V to accomplish the same thing.

The only program that does not do this for CTRL A, as far as I know of, is BIAB. Why they don't follow the established command structure of the Windows OS, I have never, ever figured out.

That is going back decades that BIAB uses CTRL A to start playing a song.


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I usually click in the first bar, then while holding down the shift key, press the down arrow 'til the last bar is highlighted, then hit Ctrl "C".

I usually have another instance of BIAB running, switch to it (Alt. Tab), then paste into it, Ctrl "V".

Or, you can Hit File/New and paste in.

It's worked for me.

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Reserving CTRL+A for playback is silly, since the space bar already does this.
I agree, every other program uses CTRL+A to select all in whatever screen is active, and BiaB programmers should conform with the norm in this instance.
.. or at least offer a right-click option to select all ..


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Here is a link to the manual section where you can view all the short cuts/hot keys: https://www.pgmusic.com/manuals/bbw2022full/chapter15.htm#keystroke-commands-hot-keys

According to this list, ctrl+A is "Play song with no generation".

The spacebar can be programmed to do a couple of different options, which you can find under Options | Preferences.

While it's not a command specifically, you can go to Edit | Copy Special | Copy From ... To if you want specific regions, or you can go to Edit | Copy and the content will be copied to your clipboard (you can also do this via CTRL+C to copy; you should see a yellow flash message that comes up saying song copied to clipboard as text if successful).

Hopefully this helps!

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