Selecting Elements

You can select components, wires, and primitive drawing elements for various operations, such as rotation or deletion, in any of the following ways:

• To select a single element (component or wire segment) in the Schematic Editor, place the cursor over the element and click to select it. Click again anywhere in the schematic window to deselect the object.
• To select multiple elements, hold down the Ctrl key and click the elements. To deselect one of the multiple elements, hold down the Ctrl key and click the element. To deselect all selected elements, click anywhere in the schematic window.

When you move a selected component, connected wiring normally stays attached to the component.

• To move a component and break its connections, hold down the Shift and Ctrl keys and drag the component to its new location.
• To select all connected segments of a wire (also called nets), hold down the Shift and Ctrl keys, then click any segment of the wire. You can also drag the wire segments to a new location, breaking any connections.

If you have difficulty selecting an object, you can select it from The Select Elements dialog box.

1. Select Edit > Select Elements. The Select Elements dialog box appears..
2. In the Select Elements dialog box, click the element(s) you want to select in the Schematic Editor. You can select/deselect the Components or Nets box to vary the list of elements you can choose. You may also click Select All or Deselect All.