From f2e48e8e1bef9ffe2e87e326c3c8d52bfb04cb65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Hetherington <carl@carlh.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:28:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Allow range selections to be started in non-region areas. 
 Fixes #3255.

git-svn-id: svn://localhost/ardour2/branches/3.0@7288 d708f5d6-7413-0410-9779-e7cbd77b26cf
---
 gtk2_ardour/editor_mouse.cc | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_mouse.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_mouse.cc
index ea9cce3047..d23e07d393 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_mouse.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_mouse.cc
@@ -676,7 +676,10 @@ Editor::button_press_handler_1 (ArdourCanvas::Item* item, GdkEvent* event, ItemT
                         if (internal_editing()) {
                                 _drags->set (new RegionCreateDrag (this, item, clicked_axisview), event);
                                 return true;
-                        }
+                        } else {
+				_drags->set (new SelectionDrag (this, item, SelectionDrag::CreateSelection), event);
+				return true;
+			}
                         break;
 
                 case RegionViewNameHighlight: