Selecting multiple items with the mouse only

[M Skabialka]

To select multiple items in most programs, you highlight one of the items,
then hold the shift or ctrl key and select others, depending on whether you
want everything for the first to the last highlighted, or you want to pick
and choose.

How do I do this with the mouse only, not using the shift or ctrl keys? I
ask this becuase I was at a software demo and the presenter seemed to be
doing just that - he never touched the keyboard but selected several items
with the mouse only, and it wasn't by drawing a box around all the items.
He was doing something to each item and it got added to the highligted ones.

 

[suniel02]

To select multiple items in most programs, you highlight one of the items,
then hold the shift or ctrl key and select others, depending on whether you
want everything for the first to the last highlighted, or you want to pick
and choose.

How do I do this with the mouse only, not using the shift or ctrl keys? I
ask this becuase I was at a software demo and the presenter seemed to be
doing just that - he never touched the keyboard but selected several items
with the mouse only, and it wasn't by drawing a box around all the items.
He was doing something to each item and it got added to the highligted ones.

 

[James Silverton]

(e-mail address removed) wrote on 29 Jun 2006 09:17:58 -0700:


s> M Skabialka wrote:
??>> To select multiple items in most programs, you highlight
??>> one of the items, then hold the shift or ctrl key and
??>> select others, depending on whether you want everything
??>> for the first to the last highlighted, or you want to pick
??>> and choose.
??>>
??>> How do I do this with the mouse only, not using the shift
??>> or ctrl keys? I ask this because I was at a software demo
??>> and the presenter seemed to be doing just that - he never
??>> touched the keyboard but selected several items with the
??>> mouse only, and it wasn't by drawing a box around all the
??>> items. He was doing something to each item and it got
??>> added to the highligted ones.

s> ------------------------------------------------------------

There are multibutton mouses (I like that plural ;-) that can
have buttons programmed to a key combination. I think I could
program my Logitech mouse to give me CTRL click tho' I have not.
Possibly, the presenter had done something like that.

James Silverton.

 

[rootj4m13]

You get mouses which have buttons, sometimes known as macros buttons. If
you have a mouse like this you can use the software that come with your
mouse to program the keys for specific functions.

 

[James Silverton]

rootj4m13 wrote on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:24:06 +0100:

r> You get mouses which have buttons, sometimes known as macros
r> buttons. If you have a mouse like this you can use the
r> software that come with your mouse to program the keys for
r> specific functions.

r> --
r> rootj4m13

You could also turn on "sticky keys" to keep CTRL on. Do a
search in Windows Help for just that! A toggle key combination
can also be set to turn sticky keys on and off.

James Silverton.

 

[rootj4m13]

You could also turn on "sticky keys" to keep CTRL on. Do a
search in Windows Help for just that! A toggle key combination
can also be set to turn sticky keys on and off.
James Silverton.

Very good point.

When a shortcut requires a key combination, the StickyKeys feature let
you press a modifier key, such as Shift, Ctrl, Alt, or the Windows Log
key, and have it remain active until another key is pressed.

To activate StickyKeys
1.
Press the Shift key five times. A dialog box opens with instructions o
how to set up the StickyKeys feature.

2.
If you click OK, an icon (a group of squares) appears in th
notification area.


To turn off StickyKeys, press the Shift key five times.

OR
Control Panel>Accessibility Options>Accessibility Options|Tab
Keyboard- There is all the other accessibility options

I find myself its a pain in the ass when your doing day to day task
and you for get its on and end up screwing stuff up, E.G Photosho