When I copy a region from one track and paste it into another, the region always gets pasted on top of the region that I copied and not on the track that I want to paste it onto. I then drag it onto the proper track. My procedure is that I select the track with the region I want to copy, right click on the region, edit/copy and then I select the track that I want to paste the region into, place the cursor where I want to paste it and then edit/paste. It always winds up on top of the original region.
I can’t recreate that.
FYI, a quicker way to copy and paste that might be useful is to activate “mouse” as the edit point versus “playhead” or “marker”: https://manual.ardour.org/editing-and-arranging/edit-point/. Highlight a region and copy with Ctrl+C then just hover the mouse where you want to paste and press Ctrl+V. You don’t even need to select a track that way.
Thank you. That’s what I was looking for.
Great. To clarify, if you accidentally have a track selected, regions will always be pasted to that track so just ensure that you click somewhere in the session to de-select. Also worth noting is that having the “smart” tool activated will select tracks if you click in the top half of a track (smart range mode)
Or just hold, I think it is, ALT while dragging the original region IIRC:)
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… or press the “Escape” key (which cancels the current selection, at least by default)
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CTRL here but, yes, another way to crack the nut.
Pressing “escape” key is the winner 
Only thing I’d say is that my left hand is on Ctrl+V and right hand on mouse so I find it quicker to press a mouse button versus stretch my middle finger to “Esc”.
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