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The Fairlight page in DaVinci Resolve has two prioritized selection options for recording and editing functions, both of which use track selection to determine the contents included in the selection.
— Clip selection: Selects clips beneath the playhead on a selected track or tracks. The exception is if clips are manually selected with the mouse. Clips that have been manually selected with the mouse are outlined in red and override selection based on the playhead and selected tracks. Clip selection is ideal If you only wish to edit a single clip or clips beneath the playhead on selected tracks.
— Range Selection: Involves setting In and Out points in the Timeline by either using the In and Out keys, or marking either In or Out and moving the playhead to create a range. Marking a range automatically toggles on the Range key. Range selection allows you to select a portion of a clip
or multiple clips on all of the the selected tracks. When the Range key is latched, recording and editing operations may include all selected tracks within the range. If no tracks are selected, all of the timeline material within the Range boundary will be selected. This is useful if you are copying or cutting and pasting an entire range of the Timeline and pasting it elsewhere in the Timeline.
As you learn the different Record and Edit mode toolsets, remember that they will change based on the state of the Range key and the type of selection you have at the time of the operation.
Range key unlatched and Range key latched
Range selection within the selected track and clip selection of the clip beneath the playhead on the selected track