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Features Selection

Selection menu

The menu Selection regroups the following options:

  • Select (S)
  • Select by object ID…
  • Select none
  • Inverse the selection

To select object(s) you first have to activate the selection tool with:

  • the menu Selection
  • with the iconeminitool-selection.jpg
  • with the S shortcut

you can either make a simple or multiple selection.

  • Single Selection
    Just click on the object you want to select
    or select the object with its ID using the option select by object ID…
  • Multiple Selection
    Maintain the [SHIFT] key while clicking on the objects
    or create a rectangular gohst with your mouse, all the objects within the rectangle will be selected

Information window

Feature tab

The information window is accessible with the menu windowinformation window. In a multiple selection case, it allows you to display the type and the attributes of each selected feature.

  1. Selected features ID
  2. Features type and attributes

By right-clicking on a feature's ID you can access to a pull-down menu allowing several operations.

  • Move to: center the screen on the selected feature
  • Zoom to: Adjust the scale to display the selected feature on the whole screen. (this option does not work for the point type layers)
  • Remove from selection: remove a feature from your selection
  • Select this object only: unselect all the other features in your selection
  • Copy data to clipboard: copy the informations of the selected feature

Layer tab

The Layer tab of the Information window displays all the informations on the layer in edition (Layer of the selected features)