De-selecting a layer?

[dacap]

Hi everbody! Yeah, this is a long-standing issue (#1498) we should fix really soon. I think that a possible solution would be to have two modes in the timeline, like two little buttons:

1. an arrow to just select what is clicked (new default mode), and
2. a marquee tool (which should act like the current mode)

Mockup:

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