Making selections

Most operations in rigiedit work on a current selection of nodes or arcs in a window.

Tip: The current selection is highlighted even if it is not within the active window.

To select and deselect nodes:

• Choose All from the Select menu.

  All visible nodes in the canvas become selected and highlighted. The message area indicates the number of nodes that are selected. As you select these nodes, you may also see them highlighted in other windows, such as the overview window.

  

• Left click over a clear area of the canvas.

  All nodes become deselected. You also could choose None from the Select menu.

• Place the pointer over a clear area of the canvas, press the left mouse button, drag to form a selection rectangle, and release the mouse button.

  All the nodes that are either completely or partly inside the selection rectangle become selected.

• Left click on a node (or arc) that is not selected.

  The node (or arc) becomes selected and all the other nodes and arcs become deselected.

  Note: Only one arc can be selected at a time.

• While holding down the shift key, left click on a node.

  If the node was selected, it is deselected; if the node was not selected, it is added to the current selection. Any other selected nodes and arc are not affected.