Add/remove Features to/from a selection

• To add Features to a selection in Spatial Manager Desktop™:
  • Press the CTRL key when you use any graphical selection method.
  • Press the CTRL or SHIFT keys when you click on rows in the Data grid.
  • Click the option “Keep current selection” when you perform a “Selection by query” (you can also find this option when performing “Spatial queries” — “Standard” and “Professional” editions only). As you can see above, the option “Apply to current selection” allows you to apply a query only to the selected Features. You cannot choose the option “Keep current selection” if you choose “Apply to current selection” and vice versa.
• To remove Features from a selection in Spatial Manager Desktop™:
  • Press the CTRL key when you click on a Feature in the Map.
  • Press the CTRL key when you click on a row in the Data grid.

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Invert a selection

To invert a selection in Spatial Manager Desktop™, you must use the “Invert” function. You will get selected all Features not selected previously in the Map and vice versa. You can also use the Data grid right-click menu to invert a selection.

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Deselect all the selected Features

There are four methods to deselect all selected Features in Spatial Manager Desktop™:

• Press the ESC key.
• Click anywhere empty in the Map.
• Use the “Deselect” function.
  • You can also access this function from the Data grid right-click menu.

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Filter selections by Layer

You can use two ways to filter selections by Layer in Spatial Manager Desktop™:

• By setting the “Layer scope” parameter in “Options\Workspaces”, so the graphical selections will apply to all Layers in the Map or to the selected Layer only.
• Use the function “Restrict to layer” to limit the current selection to a single Layer. You can also use this function to find out how many Features are now selected in every Layer of a selection.