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Mouse-Based Select Mode

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When the user is using the point technique in select mode and presses or clicks the SELECT button on a selectable element and then releases SELECT on the same element:

  • Select that element.

  • Deselect all other elements in the scope.

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When using the point technique in select mode and the user clicks the SELECT button in the background of a selection scope, deselect all elements in the scope.

Mouse-Based Toggle Mode

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When the user is using the point technique in select mode and presses Ctrl SELECT in place of SELECT, select as if toggle mode were in use.

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When the user is using the point technique in toggle mode and presses or clicks the SELECT button on a selectable element and then releases SELECT on the same element, toggle the selection state of that element.

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Allow the point technique in toggle mode to select an element as follows:

  • If only one element at a time may be selected in a scope, deselect the currently selected element (if any) in the scope.

  • If any number of elements can be selected in the scope, do not change the selection state of the other elements.

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When the user is using the point technique in toggle mode and clicks the SELECT button in the background of a selection scope, it should have no effect on the selection state of the elements in the scope.

Keyboard-Based Normal Mode

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When the user is using the point technique in normal mode while the active cursor is on a selectable element and presses Select, Space (unless in text), or Ctrl Space:

  • Select that element.

  • Deselect all other elements in the scope.

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When the user is using the point technique in normal mode, if the active cursor is in the background of a selection scope and the user presses Select, Space (unless in text), or Ctrl Space, deselect all elements in the scope.

Keyboard-Based Add Mode

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When the user is using the point technique in add mode while the active cursor is on a selectable element and presses Select, Space (unless in text), or Ctrl Space, toggle the selection state of that element.

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Allow the point technique in add mode to select an element as follows:

  • If only one element at a time may be selected in a scope, deselect the currently selected element (if any) in the scope.

  • If selections are required to be contiguous, deselect all other elements in the scope.

  • If any number of elements can be selected in the scope, do not change the selection state of the other elements.

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When the user is using the point technique in add mode while the active cursor is in the background of a selection scope and presses Select, Space (unless in text), or Ctrl Space:

  • If selections are required to be contiguous, deselect all elements in the scope.

  • If selections may be discontiguous, do not change the selection state of the elements in the scope.

Selection Region

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When the user performs the point technique on a selectable element:

  • Identify that element as an anchor element for later use in adjustment of the selection.

  • Define the current selection region to consist of that element.

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When the user uses the point technique on a selectable element, identify a point as an anchor point for later use in adjustment of the selection. That point should be:

  • The pointer position, for the mouse-based technique

  • The cursor position, for the keyboard-based technique with a text or graphics cursor

  • The center of the element, for the keyboard-based technique with an element cursor

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When the user uses the point technique in the background of a selection scope:

  • Identify that point as an anchor point for later use in adjustment of the selection.

  • Define the current selection region to be empty.

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After a mouse-based point technique, place the active cursor as follows:

  • At the anchor point, if it can be placed there

  • On the anchor element, if using an element cursor

  • Where the cursor previously was in the scope, if there is no anchor element

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