4.8.4. Marking multiple components with the use of the Shift key<br>

### 4.8.4. Marking multiple components with the use of the Shift key

¨ To mark several components:

1. Enable the mode of selecting (marking) components, if it is not enabled already. The component selection mode is the default mode. The black arrow button on the toolbar should be depressed, and the mouse pointer must have the form of a cross.

2. Position the pointer on one of the components and click the left mouse button to mark it.

3. Press and hold the Shift key.

4. While keeping the Shift key depressed, click the second and following components. These components will be marked without unmarking the previous ones.

5. If you have marked a wrong component, click it once more (while still pressing the Shift key) and it will be unmarked.

6. Release the Shift key.

7. All the indicated components will be marked. This is indicated by changed colour or by thicker outline. The status line displays the number of marked components.

To unmark multiple components click a point within the workspace where there is no component. The status line should then display “Selected: ---”. You can also use the “Unmark all components” function ().

! You can combine the functions of the Shift and Ctrl keys (marking obscured components; function described in the previous item) when marking components.