Documentation | Help File | UI | 2D Mode | Menu | Select | Select by Rectangle

Clicking on the Select/Select by Rectangle menu item activates the Select by Rectangle selection method for the Map area. The Select by Rectangle selection method is used to select a shape or multiple shapes contained in the currently active vector layer (the one highlighted in the Legend) that are in a predefined spatial relation with the user drawn rectangles. The spatial relation model can be selected from the Select type list.

To select a shape or multiple shapes using the Select by Rectangle selection method

1. Activate (highlight) the vector layer on which the selection is to be performed. Do this by clicking on its name in the Legend.
2. Choose a spatial relation model from the Select type list available under the Select/Select type menu item.
3. Click on the Select/Select by Rectangle menu item.
4. Within the Map area click on a point appropriate to the selection model and location of the desired shapes - this fixes the starting vertex of the rectangle diagonal.
5. Adjust the length of the diagonal by moving the mouse pointer in any direction.
6. Click again to finish drawing the rectangle.

To make multiple selections using the Select by Rectangle selection method

1. Activate (highlight) the vector layer on which the selection is to be performed. Do this by clicking on its name in the Legend.
2. Choose a spatial relation model from the Select type list available under the Select/Select type menu item.
3. Click on the Select/Select by Rectangle menu item.
4. Press and hold down the Ctrl key.
5. Within the Map area click on a point appropriate to the selection model and location of the desired shapes - this fixes the starting vertex of the rectangle diagonal.
6. Adjust the length of the diagonal by moving the mouse pointer in any direction.
7. Click again to finish drawing the rectangle.
8. Repeat the steps from 5 to 7 as many times as needed.
9. Release the Ctrl key.

• The icon on the Standard toolbar; if not visible then click on the leftmost icon on the same toolbar and then on the Select by Rectangle 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.
• To remove the selection figure, use the mnuselectclearselection feature.

• See Localize, Select by Point, Select by Line, Select by Polygon, Select by Circle, Select by Line Free, 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.