From a250bd4e7675e1be9dc8486267e59b94f98a4fed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2025 23:12:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow to select inactive tracks

This is a prerequisite to allow to remove inactive tracks,
and operate on multiple selected inactive tracks (show/hide).
---
 libs/ardour/selection.cc | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libs/ardour/selection.cc b/libs/ardour/selection.cc
index ee39e62d2c..1daa9edb7e 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/selection.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/selection.cc
@@ -64,14 +64,6 @@ CoreSelection::do_select (std::shared_ptr<Stripable> s, std::shared_ptr<Automati
 
 		if (r) {
 
-			/* no selection of inactive routes, though they can be selected
-			 * and made inactive.
-			 */
-
-			if (!r->active()) {
-				return false;
-			}
-
 			if (!c && with_group) {
 
 				if (!not_allowed_in_group || !r->route_group() || r->route_group() != not_allowed_in_group) {