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Must Hold Shift To Select
Created: July 28, 2015 | Updated: June 19, 2017
| Applies to versions: 15.1, 16.0, 16.1, 17.0 and 17.1
Now reading version 16.0. For the latest, read: Must Hold Shift To Select for version 22
The Must Hold Shift To Select dialog.
Summary
The designer can define which primitives require holding Shift to select.
Access
Access Schematic - Graphical Editing page of the Preferences dialog and enable the Shift Click To Select option. Then click the Primitives button (which becomes enabled by enabling the aforementioned option).
Options/Controls
- Tree List Object Kind - Toggle the Use Shift status for each primitive in this list. Use the All On or All Off buttons to toggle all in one go.
- All On - Click this button to select all primitives in the list to be used when the Shift To Select feature is used.
- All Off - Click this button to disable all primitives in the list.
Click OK to save changes and exit the dialog.