how to not move a MIDI region in piano roll?

AHHHH...now I get it.

It has never bothered me once but I can see from your viewpoint. Perhaps, it is because I use "," and "." to move the playhead. I also really like "/" which is Move to Position. You should try it.

Thanks Eddie, but my old brain missed the point of Mark's message. I see he's trying to re-position the Playhead.

Mark, you can't drag it to move it in the MIDI Editor, but you can slide the editing work area left and right using the Gesture of one finger on the top of your Magic Mouse or Trackpad. Once you get to where you want the Playhead, click (but don't drag!) on the Green area.

I never click and drag in that area you're talking about.

I select/highlight the MIDI notes I want to move and then I slide them left/right, up/down.

1. Either, cmd + a to select All of the notes in a Region, or, drag the mouse pointer and lasso the MIDI notes you want to move, or click on them one at a time to select them.
2. Put your mouse pointer on any one of the highlighted MIDI notes and drag them to where you want them. Or, press Option + an arrow key to move them up or down a semitone or left and right by the grid division you have set. Option + Shift to move the notes up or down an octave at a time.

Is that what you're trying to do?

Okay, Mark, now I'm going to look up how to move the MIDI editor work area not using gestures.

I prefer to use the keyboard to move my MIDI notes, because I find it more precise than the mouse, for sure. I might have to change the divisions or turn off Snap-to to nudge notes, but the arrow keys are pretty simple for me, and I'm an old man. Lol

And, thank you, Eddie. I'm going to look up those shortcuts you just shared. You have a wealth of knowledge, which will help this old dog learn new tricks.

I'll be back after I find out how else to do it, or maybe Eddie already told us the only other ways?

Or, move it in the Ruler above the tracks. As long as the Region is not selected, it shouldn't move.

Sir,

By clicking and dragging the yellow portion (highlighted region), this will, in fact, move a region. It is the same as clicking/holding a region and then moving it.

This type of zooming behavior is common to DAW's like Ableton but not Logic. Please try out what I mentioned before and you should be solid.

I just checked the Region section of the Inspector and there's no option to lock the Region.

That might be a good Feedback request.

The issue of the mouse "accidentally" moving the Region, via the MIDI Editor, is something that's probably happened to others.

Sir,

If you move a Midi Event around in the Piano Roll, it should not move the Midi Region itself. Is this actualy happenning to you? Have you updated to the latest version? Make sure you back-up if you do.

The other way to move the work area left/right or up/down in the MIDI Editor is with the (tiny) scroll bars below and to the right of the MIDI Editor window.

You can simply click on the location rather than drag and the Playhead will relocate itself. You can also look at the key command "Stop and Play from Last Position" which will help immensely with workflow. Good luck!

Nailed it Johne154 💪