Selection (user interface): Difference between revisions

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Selections are enacted through combinations of key presses on a [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]], with a precision [[pointing device]] ([[Mouse (computing)|mouse]] or [[touchpad]] and [[Cursor (computers)|cursor]], [[Stylus (computing)|stylus]]), or by hand on a [[touchscreen]] device. The simultaneous selection of a group of items (either a subset of elements in a list, or discontinuous regions in a text) is called a ''multiple selection''.

[[Context menu]]s will usually include actions related to the objects included in the current selection -– the selection provides the "context" for the menu.

== Types ==

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The feature is known by different names in different applications:

* '''block selection''' -– [[LibreOffice Writer]],<ref>[http://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Selection_Mode Writer/Selection Mode -– LibreOffice Help]</ref> [[Kate (text editor)|Kate]]<ref>[http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/applications/kate/kate-part-selection.html The Kate Handbook] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512220601/http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/applications/kate/kate-part-selection.html |date=2014-05-12 }}</ref>

* '''column selection''' -– EditPlus,<ref>[http://editplus.info/wiki/FAQ FAQ -– EditPlus Wiki]</ref> [[Vim (text editor)|vi]], [[Emacs]]

* '''non-linear text selection''' -– [[TextEdit]]<ref>[http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20050509093516708 10.4: Use non-linear text selection in TextEdit]</ref>

* '''rectangular selection''' -– [[jEdit]]<ref>[http://www.jedit.org/users-guide/selection.html Selecting Text -– jEdit]</ref>

* '''column block selection''' -– [[Microsoft Visual Studio]]<ref>[https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa265698%28v=vs.60%29.aspx Selecting Text -– MSDN]</ref>

* '''column mode editing''' -– [[Notepad++]]<ref name="npp" />

=== Free-form simultaneous editing ===