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bblackmoor

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Ctrl-click deselects previously selected item
« on: January 04, 2023, 22:53:03 »
I often use Ctrl-click in File Explorer and Q-Dir to select multiple items. The process for this is:

Left-click an item. It is now selected.
Ctrl-left-click a second item (third item, etc.).  These are also now selected.

In Multi-commander, I have not been able to find a way to make this work. This is what happens:

Left-click an item. It is now selected.
Ctrl-left-click a second item. It is now selected, but the first item is now unselected.
Ctrl-left-click a third item (fourth item, etc.).  These are also now selected, but the first item still is not.

Please tell me how to configure Multi Commander to use normal Ctrl-click to select multiple items.

Thank you.

AlanJB

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Re: Ctrl-click deselects previously selected item
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2023, 16:03:01 »
You need to Ctrl+Click every item you want to multi-select (including the first).

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Re: Ctrl-click deselects previously selected item
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2023, 16:51:03 »
Okay. I guess I will stay with Q-Dir for now.

Thank you.

Mathias (Author)

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Re: Ctrl-click deselects previously selected item
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2023, 17:45:35 »
If you hold shift while click you select an range from where you previous focus are until where you clicked
Holding ctrl and you select separate items.

And if you have commander style setup you just toggle selection right mouse button.. And you can configure how to select a lot in settings.