Re: multiple selection in ROI manager

Posted by dpoburko on Nov 05, 2009; 5:36pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Re-multiple-selection-in-ROI-manager-tp3690549p3690553.html

Michael and Wayne,

  Many thanks. The work around works great!

With gratitude,
Damon

Wayne Rasband wrote:

> 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