Command Help select-string

 

Command Name	Menu	Quick Key	Link to Command Table
select-string	Command line only	-	Click here

Description

Select/deselect a string for further operations.

Overview

This command selects a "preferred" string for certain subsequent actions. For example, the insert-points-mode command will only add points to a selected string. The string is selected with the cursor by pointing to it. Once a string has been selected in this way, then subsequent commands needing a selected string will use the one chosen without requesting selection. To cancel a selection, this command is also used, followed immediately by another command.

Strings can be added to the already selected string data by holding down <Ctrl> whilst selecting (click) with the mouse. Reselecting an already selected string using <Ctrl>+click, deselects the string. The mouse can either be clicked to select a single string, or clicked and dragged to define a selection box. Whether strings will be selected by the defined box depends upon whether strings are set to be selected if all inside the box, or partly inside the box. This is controlled from the Data Selection area on the Points and Strings tab of the Project Settings dialog (accessed using File | Settings...).

 

Data selection is further controlled by the settings in the Snapping toolbar and the Overlay Selection dialog.

 

How to use

1. In the Sheets control bar, display the required overlays for the relevant window(s).

2. Run the command.

3. In the window, select the required string(s).