And on a PC keyboard, from my experience, it must be the Enter from the alpha side of the keyboard, NOT the number pad…
True. Cubase makes a difference between Enter and NumPadEnter. Those are two different keys.
Yep, but since C13 (I think…) and in the Key Commands window, your NumPadEnter key has been renamed to Enter, your Enter one having been also renamed as Return. Just realized it this morning, while attempting to use the first one, which was actually controlling… Open/close editor, for a reason.
Beside this, both the ctrl+shift+I and the track header Edit in place button behave as toggles. So, there shouldn’t too much problem to close the Edit in Place panel, when needed…
Its 2024, and people are still googling (or Binging) how to turn off In-Place Editor. Pressing return is not only counterintuitive, it is completely contrary to what “Enter” means anywhere else in computerworld.
So simply change the keystroke assigned to the Editors>Edit-in-Place command, which will create a toggle key command.
Would you like to write a summary of all the ways how to close the in-place editor and mark that as the solution, Steve? This way people will find the answer faster.
Not really, but be my guest.
thank you!
Steve,
I just had the very same problem 8 years after. By the way, I still couldnt find the “the color (or grey) area (event) below the In-place editor”… Thanks god, Romantique_Tp, gave a key shortcut Ctrl+Shift+i.
Let’s be resonable, there is something wrong here with user experience.
I use Cubase because it is the best DAW technically and for my needs, so please, I’d like to ask, to bring up UX, to the same level. It is as important as anything else. Thanks.
sorry, but even 2026 the issue is NOT SOLVED in the german version there is no “grey rectangle” or something else. Ok, “Enter” do the job, but it is really annoying that many users step into exactly this pit and there is no explicit button at the top of the track to close the editor; this is extremely annoying, especially on a laptop. Sorry Steinberg, but it is only ONE button to do the job.
Maybe I misunderstand the problem, but there are several ways to deal with the question:
- If you opend the edit-in-place editor via the MIDI Menu you can always close it via double clicking in the bottom area:
- You can also assign your preferred key command to open/close the edit-in-place editor:
- You can make the edit-in-place button visible in the track controls:
Then open/close it via this one button: