Selecting a component

By selecting an item, you are defining the scope of your actions. In other words, the only components that are directly affected by your edits are those that are “selected” during your edits. Of course, other components may be influenced by the change in a component that communicates with it. It is also important to remember the hierarchical nature of the component tree. If you delete or move a component that contains other components, then you are deleting or moving all items that are contained in that container component.

When items are selected, they appear in one of the following ways:

In the nav tree view, the component text is changed to a white on purple highlight.
In the wire sheet view, selected components have a red border with red handles.
In the wire sheet view, selected links turn red.

For more information about views, refer to About views.

To select a component

To select a component, do one of the following:

- In the nav tree view or the wire sheet view, left–click the desired component.
  
  The component is selected.
- In the nav tree view or the wire sheet view, right-click the desired component.
  
  The component (or link) is selected.
- In the wire sheet view, drag around the desired component.
  
  The component (or link) is selected.

To select multiple components in the nav tree

To select more than one component in the nav tree do the following:

Select a single component or link, as described in To select a component.
Hold down the Shift key or Ctrl key and select additional items.

Multiple components (or links) are selected.
Optional: In the wire sheet view, drag around the group of elements that you want to select. Hold down the Shift key or Ctrl key and select additional items to select or deselect them.

Multiple components (or links) are selected.

To select a multiple components in the wire sheet

To select more than one component in the wire sheet do the following:

Select a single component or link, as described in To select a component.
Hold down the Shift key or Ctrl key and select additional items.

Multiple components (or links) are selected.