Click and hold on the hand tool it will give you three choices, choose object, click that option then you will be able to do what you want as you described
Thanks RT but I'm talking about when using the 'selector' tool (that you refer to as waveform edit tool)... normally I can 'click' to make a 'selection' and while continuing to hold the mouse down, 'Drag' to the right AND down at a 45 degree angle simultaneously... the 'selections' turn black to show you what you've selected... the further down you pull the mouse, the more tracks get encompassed in the selection and also turn black. It's basic Mac/mouse behavior that I'm trying to describe.
For some reason when I use my normal 'click/drag/pull down' technique, the mouse is just 'stuck' on the initial track 'clicked' on and won't make the jump to adjacent track... it goes horizontal just fine though. All other 'selecting' behaviors seems normal.
I was hoping it was some little known key command that I hit accidentally but I'm thinking it must be something else as I just did a fresh OS/PT install and it's still behaving in the same manor. Wondering if my install disk has some teenie corruption on it???
Previously tried PRAM zap, different keyboard/mouse, trashing prefs and now even a fresh install on a different computer!!! HOLY SHIT, I feel like I'm in a Twighlight Zone episode!!