Re: multiple selection in ROI manager

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Nov 03, 2009; 5:53pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Re-multiple-selection-in-ROI-manager-tp3690549p3690550.html

 > Hi All,
 >
 > I was just reviews the news on te Image J website and
 > noticed the comment about selecting multiple ROIs:
 >
 > "1.43i, 22 October 2009_ Worked around a bug with Java 1.6
 > on Mac OS X that caused multiple selection in the ROI
 > Manager to not work."
 >
 > If I understand correctly, does this mean that in Image J
 > in Windows (XP SP3), we should be able to shift+click a
 > group of ROIs? By that I mean that one would select all
 > ROIs between the two ROIs that are shift+clicked? The
 > reason I ask is that I assumed this is how the ROI manager
 > is supposed to work, but it has never done so for me. Can
 > someone spell this out for me? IJ 1.43j, java 1.6.0_14.
 >
 > My apologies in advance if I have missed this in previous
 > threads. I did look, but didn't see any resolution to the
 > case in Windows.

Shift-clicking to select a range of ROIs only works on Mac OS X. On
Windows and Linux, you have to shift-click on each ROI you want to
select. Note that ROI Manager commands operate on all the ROIs if none
are selected, so clicking on the "Deselect" button is equivalent to
"Select All".

-wayne