Another peculiar folders and track selection interation, bug?

Put two tracks in a folder.   Leave folder open.    Open PRV for both of the tracks in the same PRV window.   Select one track by clicking in the PRV's Track Pane.  Add a note.   Select the other track by clicking in the PRV's track pane.  Add a note.    All works fine.  
 
Now go back to Track View, close the folder.    Return to PRV.   Select one track, add a note.   Attempt to select the other track ... can't be done.   Your new notes will go into the other track, even though it will appear that the desired track is selected (it is highlighted in the PRV's Track pane).
 

I can't make it happen. It works as expected on my end.
 
I tried two different ways. With the PRV in the multi-dock at the bottom half of screen. And with the multi-dock expanded full screen.
 
I can select which ever track I want with the folder open or closed.
 
[edit] I can also add notes to the tracks I select and they go to that track I select.
 

Can't reproduce it. Works absolutely fine here.

williamcopper
I use multiple 'floated' PRV windows , so perhaps this is an issue only for floated PRV tracks?

 
There must be some other cause. I still cannot reproduce it, with multiple floated PRVs, with the folder closed.

Just to explore further, I created a new project, "normal" template, which is the sonar default I have not changed.   This is Platinum, latest release, Windows 7, but I believe the bug is old.    This happens on my system regardless of whether the PRV is floated or docked. 
 
These steps probably don't matter, but they are how I just did it:
1.   Float inspector
2.  Close inspector. 
3.   Close Console view.  
Then:
4., 5., 6.  Create a midi track.  Create a midi track.  Create a midi track.  
7.  Select the two lower tracks, right click, select move to new folder. 
8. With folder open, select the two tracks that are in the folder. 
9. Open PRV. 
10.  Draw a note in the first PRV track (track 2 in the Track Window).
11.   Select the other PRV track (track 3) 
12.  Draw a note in track 3.    All ok.
 
Now:
13. Leaving PRV open, close the Folder in Track Window.
14. Return to PRV: attempt to create a note in alternate tracks by selecting the track in the PRV track pane.
  Can't be done:  all the notes go onto the track that was selected when the folder was closed. 
 

Following your steps in post #9, I can now reproduce it.

My advice: Many of bugs of this level that I reported more than a year ago haven't been fixed yet. So I would imagin this won't be fixed soon, either. It's better to just collapse the Console view and never close it.

This is a very minor bug, of course, but I wonder if it doesn't indicate something that might be more serious, the kind of thing that eventually results in mysterious failures with high track and clip counts.  Whether a track is visible or not should not have anything to do with whether it is selected or not. 

williamcopper
This is a very minor bug, of course, but I wonder if it doesn't indicate something that might be more serious, the kind of thing that eventually results in mysterious failures with high track and clip counts.  Whether a track is visible or not should not have anything to do with whether it is selected or not. 

I do not believe this is related to track and clip counts, because it can be reproduced with low track counts.  I think it has to do with the "Active" track indicator and could show up in any function that depends on an "Active" track selection.  If I were a Cakewalk developer I would start looking at the code changes that were made for "Active" track in X3. 
 
-- Ron