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Menus and shortcuts

Arrange is mostly clicks and drags. Here they all are, with the menu and the Live shortcuts you'll use alongside it.

Beginner and upBy Paul Hunter-RoweUpdated 4 November 2026

The TranceTools Arrange menu

Arrange has one menu, in the menu bar, with the usual About, Hide and Quit items and two of its own:

Item	What it does
Licence…	Opens the licence card: activate, check your licence, or deactivate this Mac.
Buy TranceTools Arrange…	Opens the TranceTools Arrange page on trancetools.com in your browser.

Where	Do this	To
Ruler: a section's right edge	Drag	Move where it ends, in 8-bar steps
	`Alt`-drag	Move it in 4-bar steps
	`Shift`-drag	Move it in 1-bar steps
Ruler: a section	Click	Rename, split, join or remove it
	Hover	See its length and bars
Grid: a cell	Click	Switch that track on or off in that section
A track's role	Click and choose	Change its role
A movement or extra button	Click	Switch it on or off
Write to Live	Hover	See why it's greyed out, when it is

Button	Where	What it does
From Phrasemap…	Top bar	Opens a Phrasemap MIDI file or Ableton set as the layout
Write to Live	Top bar	Writes the arrangement
Install the Live script	Grid area, before linking	Installs the Live script
Update the Live script	Footer, when the script in Live is older than the app	Updates the Live script
Stop	Footer, while writing	Stops the write
How it works	Footer	Shows the three-step guide
Licence… / Licensed	Footer	Opens the licence card
Version … is out	Footer, when there's an update	Opens the download page

Shortcut	What it does
`Cmd` `Z`	Undoes the last write. A second Cmd+Z removes Arrange's devices and tracks.
`Cmd` `,`	Opens Live's Settings, for the Control Surface
`Tab`	Switches between Session and Arrangement View
`Cmd` `Option` `Shift` `E`	Turns Live's audio engine back on