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Selecting notes

Click on a note to select. Cmd+click on a note to add/remove from the current selection. Option+drag to band select notes. Click on the background to clear the current selection.

From v5.8.0, Cmd+click on the background does not clear the selection - this makes it easier to do non-contiguous selection on busy/small-scale maps and where the chance of accidentally clicking the background by mistake is greater.

Outline view only. Shift+Click on a note to extend the existing selection up/down from the last selected note.

For multi-item selections, bear in mind the effect on an nested descendants (i.e in collapsed containers). The contents of collapsed containers are ignored - i.e. only visible items are selected. This allows a set of containers to selected and acted upon without affecting their descendants. However, if such a selection is:


Possible relevant notes (via "Similar Notes" feature):


A Tinderbox Reference File : Misc. User Interface Aspects : Selecting notes