Object Selection

When you select the icon of a file or folder, its name is highlighted. Many choices in File Manager's menus apply to the currently selected file or folder. The Selected menu contains choices that affect only the currently selected objects. The contents of this menu will change as you select different kinds of objects in the view area.

Selecting multiple files is useful if you want to delete several files at once, or move a group of files to a new folder. Note that when you select more than one object, the Actions portion of the Selected menu will be empty.

When multiple icons are selected, dragging any one of the selected icons drags the whole group. The Selected menu and various menu commands that apply only to a single object are inactive.

To deselect icons, hold the Control key down and highlight those icons again; this causes them to become unselected from the group.

To Select a Single File or Folder (Mouse)

Click once on the icon.

To Select a Single File or Folder (Keyboard)

1. Use the Tab and arrow keys to move the highlight to the icon you want to select.

2. Press the Spacebar.

To deselect a file or folder, select another icon or click an empty area within the File Manager window.

To Select Multiple Files and Folders (Mouse)

Drag the mouse from a blank area to draw a box around the icons you want to select, and then release the mouse button.

You can then hold down the Control key and drag around additional icons.

If you have selected icons in File Manager, clicking or dragging anywhere in the File Manager scrolling pane will deselect those icons. However, if you hold down the Control button before clicking or dragging in the scrolling pane, your existing selections are retained. This method is useful for making multiple selections.

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Tip –

When the icons you want to select are not located next to each other, click mouse button 1 to select the first icon, then hold down the Control key and click mouse button 1 to select each additional icon.

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To Select Multiple Files and Folders (Keyboard)

1. Select the first file or folder icon by pressing the Spacebar.

2. For each additional icon you want to select, move the highlight to it, then press Control+Spacebar.