Re: multiple selection in ROI manager

Posted by dpoburko on Nov 03, 2009; 8:42pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Re-multiple-selection-in-ROI-manager-tp3690549p3690551.html

Hi Wayne,
 
  Thanks for the speedy reply. Just to clarify, is the lack of
shift+click in Windows intentional? Will the ROI manager for IJ in
Windows will never have the normal Windows shift+click functionality? Is
this a Java limitation or intentional design?

Thanks,
Damon


Wayne Rasband wrote:

> > 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