thanks bob99
that did indeed work as I wanted it.
but only available in WL9, which i have already but didn’t switch over from WL8.5
as WL9 has such a different look and workflow i did not have the time to learn it.
this is actually one of my main criticisms for software evolution in general. as a professional user I do NOT need a new look and fancy little “new ways” of doing things. i need the software to follow ingrained learnings and patterns. this is how mastery in any field is achieved: learning and using your tools over and over. to deviate from this can only be justified if something drastically different and new is introduced that brings brand new capabilities to a software. everything else is just catering to a clientele of geeks and hobbyists. (ProTools, as much as it lacks in many ways, is keeping the “old” workflows consistent over its evolution as a software!)
thanks for your help