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Is there a way to edit multiple track points
Milos Krsmanovic
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I was wondering if there is a way to, say, delete all track points I have in a .trk file. I'd like to duplicate a .trk file, delete the existing points, and continue adding additional points.

With this I'm facing two issues: 1) it takes a lot of effort to delete them one by one; 2) software often hangs after I delete all the points and try to add a new one, so I have to kill Java process (on Windows 10).

Not a big deal, just asking if there is a way around this. I love the software very much and quite enjoy using it - thanks!


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Douglas Brown
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There are a couple ways to delete all track points. For a single point mass you can choose Clear Steps from its track menu to clear all marked steps or Delete to delete the entire track. You can choose Edit|Delete|All tracks or one track at a time. You can right-drag a rectangle on the video and choose Select Points from the popup menu, then hit the delete key to delete all selected points. You can undo any of these actions, too.


> I was wondering if there is a way to, say, delete
> all track points I have in a .trk file. I'd like to
> duplicate a .trk file, delete the existing points,
> and continue adding additional points.
>
> With this
> I'm facing two issues: 1) it takes a lot of effort
> to delete them one by one; 2) software often hangs
> after I delete all the points and try to add a new
> one, so I have to kill Java process (on Windows 10)



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