Select/Deselect (Function)
Select/deselect
is a function at task level the user can choose to change the select state of individual objects.Using the Keyboard
If the user positions the cursor on a single object of the user interface (for example, a table structure) and chooses Select/Deselect, the entire object changes the
select state : If it was not selected, it is selected now; if it was selected, it is deselected now. Such an object in a table is, for example, an individual field, an entire line or an entire column. A line in this case is an entire logical line, that is, both physical lines in two-line tables.Using the Mouse
The user positions the pointer on an object and clicks the left mouse button. Then
the entire object changes the select state : If it was not selected, it is selected now; if it was selected, it is deselected now (see Technical Notes).The user can then initiate a function for a selected object with the function keys, menu options or pushbuttons. For example,
Copy (Function), Move (Function) or Delete or Delete <object> (Function)."Select Again"
There can be an optional function Select again which selects again all lines marked with "*". ("*" in a column before the Checkboxes (Control Element) indicates exactly those objects which have already been processed or viewed in detail.) (see
Selection Methods - Overview)Technical Notes
It is currently not possible to initiate a function by clicking the left mouse button. This function can therefore only be initiated with the keyboard.
Access
Function Key |
Pull-Down Menu |
Pushbutton |
Access Character |
Icon |
F9 (recommended); if the function Editor or Long Text (Function) is also active and therefore assigned to F9 function key can be defined freely |
The function must not be included in a pull-down menu. |
Application toolbar: in the block of the standard functions Standard Toolbar: local select mode |
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(central select/deselect)
(Standard Toolbar: local select mode) |
*) As long as Select/Deselect is assigned to a function key; as soon as this function can be initiated by a single click with the left mouse button, it is no longer displayed in the application toolbar.
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