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222 Day 7
Figure 7.1.
A form with a button
component selected.
Group Selection
You can also select multiple components so that you can act on them as a group. You can select
multiple components in one of three ways:
■ Shift+click with the keyboard and mouse
■ Drag with the mouse
■ Choose Edit | Select All from the main menu
To select all components on the form, choose Edit | Select All from the main menu. All
components on the form are then selected.
Selecting Components with Shift+Click
To use the Shift+click sequence, first select one control. Then press and hold the Shift key
on the keyboard and click on any other controls you want to include in the selection. Each
control you click is bound by four gray boxes to indicate that it is part of the selection.
You can remove a control from the selection by continuing to hold the Shift key and clicking
on the component again. In other words, the Shift+click sequence toggles a component’s
inclusion in the selection.