Quick reference, Summary and shortcuts 233, Shift-click 233 – Apple Macintosh PowerBook 145 User Manual
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Summary and Shortcuts
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Double-click an object on screen by pointing to the
object and clicking twice in rapid succession, without
moving the trackball or mouse.
Double-clicking is a common shortcut for opening an icon or
the selected item in a directory dialog box.
Shift-click
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Hold down the Shift key while clicking.
Shift-clicking is a way to select more than one icon or item
in a list.
Working with icons
Selecting icons
To do this
Take these steps
Select an icon
Click the icon.
Deselect an icon
Click anywhere except the selected icon.
Select multiple icons
While holding down the Shift key, click
each icon.
Deselect an icon in a
While holding down the Shift key, click
group of selected icons
the icon.
Select multiple icons
1. Place the pointer at one corner of the
that are near each other
group of icons.
2. Drag diagonally to select the icons, then
release the trackball or mouse button.
Select contiguous icons
1. Place the pointer to the left of the top icon
in a list
or the bottom icon.
2. Drag up or down the list, releasing the
trackball or mouse button when the pointer is
left of the last icon.
Select text in an icon’s
Click the icon’s name (not the icon itself).
name
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