Navigation

ElkTracker uses a dive-down structure: Song → Chain → Phrase → Instrument, plus a few dive targets that open a dedicated editor screen directly. Two buttons carry almost all of it:

• R (Dive) goes deeper. From Song, it opens the chain under the cursor (an empty cell, or an END block, does nothing). From Chain, it opens the phrase in the current slot. From Phrase, it opens the instrument for the current step (if the step's INSTR column is empty, it opens whichever instrument you last had open). From Instrument: on a Sampler, R on SAMPLE opens the file browser and R on EDIT opens the waveform editor; on a Wavetable, R on WTABLE opens the wavetable browser; on a Drum kit, R on any pad row opens the sample browser. On the Project screen, R on LOAD opens the project browser. On Settings, R on any action row triggers it (including PANIC).
• L (Back) goes up one level. From Track, Mixer, Project, or Settings it returns to Song. From Help or Activate it returns to Settings. From the Sample (waveform editor) screen it returns to Instrument.

Select + → on the Song, Chain, or Phrase screen dives into the item under the cursor. If the cell is empty and no dive is possible, it falls back to switching to the next screen. Select + ← on the Chain, Phrase, or Instrument screen backs out one level (the same as pressing L). On any other screen, Select + ←→ cycles through the 8 main screens. The Sample waveform editor, Help, and Activate screens are entered by diving, not by the screen switcher.

Select + R on the Chain, Phrase, or Instrument screen jumps to the next item in the parent list without going back up: next chain in the same song column, next phrase slot in the current chain, or next populated instrument. Select + L jumps to the previous item. See Quick Navigation for the wrap and selection behaviour, which differs slightly between chains/phrases and instruments.