Selecting one type of track, then adding another type of track to the selection. Script paramater issues.

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Selecting one type of track, then adding another type of track to the selection. Script paramater issues.

What do you expect to happen when you run the script/macro?

I got this script from the How To forum. It is supposed to select All Tracks in Pro Tools of certain type, specified in the last line, "Audio Track" or "Aux Track" and so on. It works to do that.

I modified the line

deselectOthers: true,

to

deselectOther: false,

and I duplicated the script and made one for Audio and Aux tracks and so on.

When I run one script then the other, it "truly" deselects instead of "falsely" deselects (meaning I run one script Audio Track Select then the other script for Aux Track select, and it's supposed to extend the selection inclusively. I want to select more than one track type in other words by using more than one trigger.

Are you seeing an error?

What happens when you run this script?

The correct intended function occurs when deselectOthers: true, variable/paramater is set. Only Audio tracks are selected. When I use a varied script for Aux Tracks, then the audio tracks get deselected and the aux get selected. I thought that deselectOthers: false, could allow the previously selected tracks to remain selected. Maybe I need another parameter. Should I use the "false" parameter or something else?

How were you running this script?

I used a keyboard shortcut within the target app

How important is this issue to you?

2

Details

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Source

/**
* @param{{trackType: 'Routing Folder Track'|'Basic Folder Track'|'Audio Track'|'Aux Track'|'VCA Track'|'MIDI Track'|'Inst Track'|'Video Track'}} trackType
*/
function selectTracksByType({ trackType }) {

    const names = sf.ui.proTools.visibleTrackHeaders.filter(track => {
        return track.title.value.trim().endsWith(trackType)
    });

    if (names.length === 0) return;

    sf.ui.proTools.trackGetByName({ name: names[0].normalizedTrackName }).track.trackScrollToView();
    sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
        names: names.map(t => t.normalizedTrackName),
        deselectOthers: false,
    });
}

selectTracksByType({ trackType: "Audio Track" });

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