selecting items in lists

This section describes how to select items in lists. In some lists, you can only select single items. In others, you can select multiple items.

Selecting a single item

Position the mouse pointer on the required item, then press mouse button 1. When selected, the item is highlighted.

Selecting multiple items

To select a number of adjacent items in a list, you can:

Click mouse button 1 to select the first item, then drag the mouse pointer to the last item before releasing the button.
Click mouse button 1 to select the first item, then position the pointer on the last item and Shift-click mouse button 1.
Press Spacebar to select the first item, then press Shift+↓ (down arrow) to select the other items.

To add a nonadjacent item or items to a selection, you can:

Select the first item, then Ctrl-click mouse button 1 to select further items.
Select the first item, then move to the next item using the up or down arrow keys. Press Spacebar to select each item.

Deselecting an item

To deselect an item, you can:

Click on another item in the list.
Ctrl-click on the selected item (Ctrl-click toggles between selected and deselected).
Press Spacebar.

Selecting all items

Press Ctrl+/ (forward slash).

Deselecting all items

Press Ctrl+\ (backward slash).

Selecting items in lists