Select Command

• Left-Click - selects an object (or unselects a selected object).
• Shift-Left-Click - selects all unselected tracks connected to the track you select. Selection stops at selected tracks. Caution: This can select all tracks on the layout.
• Left-Drag - highlights an area, and all objects within the area are selected.
• Right-Click - displays a popup-menu of commands.
• Shift-Right-Click - displays a popup-menu of options controlling how objects are drawn during moves and rotates (see below). If there are selected objects then additional menu items allow you to rotate the selected objects by various angles.
• Right-Drag - highlights an area, and all objects within the area are unselected.
• Shift-Left-Drag - moves the selected objects (see the Move command).
• Shift-Right-Drag - rotates the selected objects (see the Rotate command). If you press the Control key while Dragging then rotation will be done in increments of 15°.
• Control-Left-Drag - moves Turnout and Elevations labels (see the Move Label command).

Also the Select All menu item on the Edit menu selects all objects on the layout.

Selected objects are drawn in Red (unless changed in the Color dialog).

Note: To select a Filled Shape, click on its edge.

Connections between selected and unselected tracks will be broken when selected tracks are moved. If the Drawing Scale is 8:1 or smaller, these about-to-be broken connections are marked with a red X.

The Draw Moving Tracks Radio box on the Command Options dialog selects how objects are drawn during drags to move or rotate objects. This can be time-consuming when using a large number of objects. The options are:

• Normal - objects are drawn normally.
• Simple - objects are drawn using one line (instead of two when zoomed in), structures are drawn as outlines, no End-Points or lines are drawn
• End Points - only the End-Points are drawn (as stars).

The following commands operate on the objects you have selected:

• Move the selected objects.
• Rotate the selected objects.
• Flip (mirrors) the selected objects.
• Delete selected objects.
• Hide (or unhide) in a Tunnel.
• Move Above or Below.
• Parts List of the selected objects.
• Change the width of the tracks' rails.
• Export the selected objects.
• Creates a Structure or Turnout definition from Grouped objects.
• Rescale the selected objects.

In addition the Cut, Copy and Paste commands on the Edit menu operate on the selected objects.

Note: the Default Command radio button on the Command Options dialog controls whether the Describe or the Select command is used as the default command.

Pressing the Escape key will deselect all selected tracks.

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