Re: multiple selection in ROI manager

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Nov 04, 2009; 1:10am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Re-multiple-selection-in-ROI-manager-tp3690549p3690552.html

On Nov 3, 2009, at 3:42 PM, Damon Poburko wrote:

> 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?

This is a Java and/or OS limitation that is worked around in the  
v1.43k5 daily build, thinks to Michael Schmid.

-wayne

> 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