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Java Desktop System Release 3 User Guide

To Select Files and Folders

You can select files and folders in several ways in the file manager. Table 5–5 describes how to select items in file manager windows and from the desktop background.

Table 5–5 Selecting Items in the File Manager

Task 

Action 

Select an item 

Click on the item. 

Select a group of contiguous items 

In icon view, drag around the files that you want to select. 

In list view, click on the first item in the group. Press-and-hold Shift, then click on the last item in the group.

Select multiple items 

Press-and-hold Ctrl. Click on the items that you want to select.

Alternatively, press-and-hold Ctrl, then drag around the files that you want to select.

Select all items in a folder 

Choose Edit -> Select All Files.

To perform the default action on an item, double-click on the item. You can set your file manager preferences so that you click once on a file to execute the default action.