Box Selection

Box selection is used to select a device from an area containing multiple devices. To perform a box selection, Shift-click and drag in the Viewer drawing area to create a rectangular selection box. When you release the mouse, the Select a Device window opens and is populated with all devices within the selection area. Select any device in the list to highlight it in the Viewer; highlighting changes the device symbology to the selection color, but the device is not selected until a selection action is initiated.

Select a Device provides the following actions:

• Select - selects the highlighted device and closes the window.

• Control Tool - selects the highlighted device, opens its Control Tool, and closes the window.

• Device Details - selects the highlighted device, opens the Device Details window above the device in the Viewer, and closes the window.

• Cancel - closes the window. The last highlighted device, if any, will remain highlighted in the Viewer, but will not be selected for subsequent Viewer actions.

Note: Only a single device can be selected at any given time unless the Viewer is in Supply Points mode. See Graphical Grouping (Supply Points Mode) on page 3-45 for details.