Must Hold Shift To Select

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Applies to Altium Designer versions: 18.0 and 18.1

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

Summary

The Must Hold Shift To Select dialog is used to define which primitives require holding Shift to select.

Access

The dialog is accessed by enabling the Shift Click To Select option on the Schematic - Graphical Editing page of the Preferences dialog then clicking the Primitives button.

Options/Controls

  • Primitive - a list of all available primitives. Toggle the Use Shift check box of each primitive for which you want to require the Shift button to select. 
  • All On - click to select (check) all primitives in the list.
  • All Off - click to not select (uncheck) all primitives in the list.

 

Note

The features available depend on your level of Altium Designer Software Subscription.