2.2.14 Select

Clicking on the Select button cancels all active commands, closes any open dialog windows and places focus on the main window.

In combination with the mouse, the Select command can be used as follows;

Left-Click - selects an object (or unselects a selected object). Selected objects appear in red (unless changed in the Color (Section 2.10.1) dialog).

Shift+Left-Click - selects all unselected tracks connected to the track you select. Selection stops at selected tracks. Caution: This can select all tracks on the layout.

Left+Drag - highlights an area, and all objects within the area are selected.

Right-Click - displays a pop-up menu of commands.

or

Shift+Right-Click (Section 3.4) - displays a pop-up menu of options controlling how objects are drawn during moves and rotates (below). If there are selected objects then additional menu items allow you to rotate the selected objects by various angles.

Right+Drag - highlights an area, and all objects within the area are unselected.

Shift+Left-Click+Drag - moves the selected objects (the Move (Section 2.2.8) command).

Shift+Right-Click+Drag - rotates the selected objects (the Rotate (Section 2.2.13) command).

Ctrl+Left-Click+Drag - moves turnout and elevations labels (Also see the Move Description (Section 2.2.9) command).

The following commands operate on the objects you have selected:

The Cut, Copy and Paste commands found on the Edit (Section 2.4) menu will also operate on selected objects.

Notes: