Documentation | Help File | UI | 2D Mode | Menu | Select | Localize

Clicking on the Select/Localize menu item activates the Localize selection method for the Map area. The Localize selection method is used to select a shape or multiple shapes regardless of which layer is currently active.

To select a shape using the Localize selection method

1. Click on the Select/Localize menu item.
2. Within the Map area move the mouse pointer over the desired shape and click.

To select multiple shapes using the Localize selection method

1. Click on the Select/Localize menu item.
2. Press and hold down the Ctrl key.
3. Within the Map area move the mouse pointer over a shape and click. Repeat this step until all desired shapes are selected.
4. Release the Ctrl key.

• The icon on the Standard toolbar; if not visible click on the leftmost icon on the same toolbar and then on the Localize item on the drop-down list.

• To transfer the selected shapes to the temporary clipboard layer, use one of the following functions: Cut, Copy, Copy Special.
• To remove the selected shapes from the layer, use the Delete shape feature.
• To cancel all previously made selections, use the Deselect all feature.
• To invert the current selection, i.e. select all not selected shapes and deselect all selected shapes in the active layer, use the Invert Selection feature.

• See Select by Point, Select by Line, Select by Polygon, Select by Circle, Select by Rectangle, Select by Clipboard, Select by Query, Select All.

• All currently selected shapes are highlighted on the Map area.
• Values (or averages, maximal and minimal numeric values) of attributes of the selected shape (or shapes) are displayed in the Attributes tab of the Selected panel.
• Shapes located in layers cannot be selected at the same time.
• The layer containing the last selected shape will be automatically activated (highlighted on the Legend).