Text Selection Modes (Windows Only)

Text Selection Modes (Windows Only)

Under Microsoft Windows, the IDL Editor provides three ways of selecting text: stream mode, line mode, and column mode.

Stream mode selects text in a stream, beginning with the first character selected and ending with the last character, just as if you were reading the text.

Line mode selects full lines of text.

Box mode selects text from one screen column to the next. Selecting text in column mode is similar to drawing a rectangle around the text you wish to select.

Switch between the three modes by clicking the right mouse button while positioned over an Editor window. Select the "Selection Mode" option to access a pull-down menu with the three text selection modes. The option with a check mark by it is the currently selected text selection mode. If you have text already selected, the selected area will change to reflect the new mode.