Re: [libreoffice-users] Use of Ctrl while selecting text fields in LO Base forms

Yes, I did. Crtl-Shift groups the chosen elements

On Wed, 2022-02-23 at 08:42 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote:
> Have you tried Crtl+Shift to select separate elements?
>
> Dan
>
> On 2/23/22 6:52 AM, Harvey Nimmo wrote:
> > While trying to edit form elements for LO Base I am expecting to be
> > able to select individual form elements, e.g. to align them, and
> > size
> > them together. However, using the Ctrl button to select more than
> > one
> > form element (e.g. text boxes) causes a second box, say, to be
> > selected
> > and a previous box is deselected.
> >
> > I thought that maybe my Ctrl key was broken, so I tried it on my
> > file
> > manager. But there the Ctrl button can be used to select several
> > files
> > at once, as expected. It suggests, therefore, a problem with
> > LibreOffice.
> >
> > 'Edit > Select All' causes nothing to be selected in the LO Base
> > Form
> > Editor, whereas in the LO Writer it works as expected.
> >
> > Does anyone know if there is a switch in the Forms editor in Base
> > that
> > would activate the Select function? I have spent hours looking for
> > a
> > possible remedy! Very frustrating!!
> >
> > Version: 7.2.3.2 / LibreOffice Community
> > Build ID: 20(Build:2)
> > CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
> > Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-GB
> > Calc: threaded
> >
> >    


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