# Multiple Widget Selection

You can select more than one widget by:

- Dragging a rectangle around the widgets.
- Selecting a widget with the mouse while the Shift key is held down. This will select the widget in addition to any that are already selected.

In order to add widgets in another dialog to the selection, hold the Shift key down while selecting the Shell in the window holding area in order to retain the current selection.

When there is more than one widget selected, you can perform the following operations on them:

- Setting a resource - both core and widget resources. You will only be able to set those resources which are appropriate to all selected widgets.
- Clearing the selected widgets. These widgets are then removed from your design.

No Selected Widget

By clicking in a blank part of the construction area or by holding down the Shift key while clicking over each selected widget, it is possible to have no widgets selected. You will then only be able to perform those actions which affect the whole design.

Multiple Selection and Resources

If you have more than one widget selected you can still set resources - in both the core and widget resource panels. In this case you will only be able to set those resources which are relevant to all the selected widgets. WorkShop Visual decides which resources are relevant by finding a widget class which is common to all the selected widgets. In the case of widgets which are very different, for example a Button and a MenuBar, the only class they have in common is the low-level Core widget class. In such a case, you would only be able to change Core resources.

See also:

- About WorkShop Visual