Select Crossing Window

For more, see Selection Tools

To activate: Toolbar, View menu / Select

Draw a rectangular window to define an area in which to search or select map features on a particular layer. Any feature on current layer that crosses window, or is contained therein, is selected.

To use:

1. Activate Select Crossing Window tool.

2. Draw window on map view: Move pointer to a corner of desired area.

3. Click and hold while moving pointer to corner diagonal from beginning. Release.

4. Selected features become highlighted.