### The Selected Item State

After you have selected items in a basic state, the IDE will change to the Selected Item State. The selected items get highlighted and a new tool bar appears at the upper border. With the left button you can select more items or deselect already selected items.

#### The toolbar in the Selected Item State

> Cancel

> > The IDE returns to the interactive state before selecting. Shortcut is the Esc-key.

> Info

> > Information about the selected items will be printed to a new window. The blue marked words in this window can be clicked for more information. Shortcut is i.

> Delete

> > The selected items will be deleted, if they are not fixed. Shortcut is the Delete-key.

> Cutout

> > By dragging the mouse with the left button pressed you can select a rectangle, from which the selected trace and vias will be cut out. Shortcut is d.

> Fix

> > To fix the selected items, so that they cannot be pushed or deleted any more. Shortcut is f.

> Unfix

> > To unfix the selected items. Shortcut is u.

> Autoroute

> > To route the selected items automatically. Shortcut is a.

> Pull Tight

> > To optimize the selected traces by pulling them tight. Shortcut is p.

> Fanout

> > To autoroute the selected SMD-Pins until the next via.

> Clearance

> > To assign a new clearance class to the selected items.

> > Example: If you need in a special area of the board a different spacing, you can select all pins in a rectangle and assign to them a new clearance class.

> Nets

> > To extend the selection to all items with the same net as an already selected item. Shortcut is n.

> Conn. Sets

> > To extend the selection to all items, which belong to the same connected set as an already selected item. Shortcut is s.

> Connections

> > To extend the selection to all traces and vias, which belong to the same connection as an already selected item. Shortcut is e.

> > Example: You want to delete a whole connection. Select a trace of the connection, push the Connections button to extend the selection to the whole connection and push then the Delete button.

> Components

> > To extend the selection to all items, which belong to the same component as an already selected item. Shortcut is b.

> Violations

> > Here you can switch on or off displaying the clearance violations. If the violations were switched off before, they will be switched on and vice versa. Shortcut is v.

> Zoom Selection

> > To display a rectangle containing all selected items.

#### The popup menu below the left mouse button

> move

> > The selected items will be prepared for moving. The pivot for rotating and moving is the current cursor position. Several components can be moved at once. After this action the IDE will be in the Move State.

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