L-VIS User Manual
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LOYTEC
Version 6.2
LOYTEC electronics GmbH
Click and hold the mouse button a short distance away from the objects you want
to select. This will start a new selection box if there are no selectable objects at
this location. In case there is a possible selection candidate at the desired starting
point of the box, hold down the key
s
to disable normal selection and instead force
a selection box to be started.
Drag the mouse to expand the selection box over the objects you want to select.
There are two different types of selection box:
1.
Clicking to the right-side and dragging to the left selects any elements within
the selection box, including those that are only partially contained in the box.
2.
Clicking to the left-side of the objects and dragging right selects only those
elements completely within the selection rectangle.
Release the mouse button when all of the elements are either partially included
(right-to-left selection) or fully included (left-to-right selection).
NOTE:
Selection boxes can also be used in multiselect mode to change the selection of a group of
objects in one step. Follow the same steps as above, but hold down the shift key. If a
selection candidate is at the desired starting point of the multiselect box, hold down s in
addition to shift, to override the selection candidate and spawn the multiselect box.
8.3.3 Selection Indicator
The LCD preview indicates each individual selected object by drawing a wide dotted frame
around its outer boundaries. This frame is black and white, like the selection candidate
frame, but its dot pattern is wider to distinguish the two frames from each other.
In case there are multiple selected objects, an additional frame around the entire group of
objects is drawn. This frame has an even wider dot pattern and is light and dark blue instead
of black and white. When the mouse cursor is anywhere within that group frame, the cursor
shape will change into a move cursor and the group of selected objects can be moved. A
right click on the group frame will show the multiselect context menu with commands to
lock, unlock, show, hide, cut, or copy the selected objects.
