In a nutshell, open up PRV and press "h" to bring up the Track pane on the right. There you will see a list of all tracks in your project (including audio) with the highlighted one being edited.
With auto-lock off, hold shift while pressing another track in the Track pane to make that track visible and editable.
With auto-lock on, tracks that you aren't editing are still visible, but greyed out and uneditable .
I suggest you have a look at the user guide (New Features - Piano Roll enhancements) that explains the new features of the PRV since the march 2017 update.
I hope that helps.