Must Hold Shift To Select

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The Must Hold Shift To Select dialog.
The Must Hold Shift To Select dialog.

Summary

The designer can define which primitives require holding Shift to select.

Access

Access Schematic - Graphical Editing page of the Preferences dialog and enable the Shift Click To Select option. Then click the Primitives button (which becomes enabled by enabling the aforementioned option).

Options/Controls

  • Tree List Object Kind - Toggle the Use Shift status for each primitive in this list. Use the All On or All Off buttons to toggle all in one go.
  • All On - Click this button to select all primitives in the list to be used when the Shift To Select feature is used.
  • All Off - Click this button to disable all primitives in the list.

Click OK to save changes and exit the dialog.

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