Re: [libreoffice-users] Use of Ctrl while selecting text fields in LO Base forms

Have you tried Crtl+Shift to select separate elements?

Dan

On 2/23/22 6:52 AM, Harvey Nimmo wrote:
> While trying to edit form elements for LO Base I am expecting to be
> able to select individual form elements, e.g. to align them, and size
> them together. However, using the Ctrl button to select more than one
> form element (e.g. text boxes) causes a second box, say, to be selected
> and a previous box is deselected.
>
> I thought that maybe my Ctrl key was broken, so I tried it on my file
> manager. But there the Ctrl button can be used to select several files
> at once, as expected. It suggests, therefore, a problem with
> LibreOffice.
>
> 'Edit > Select All' causes nothing to be selected in the LO Base Form
> Editor, whereas in the LO Writer it works as expected.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a switch in the Forms editor in Base that
> would activate the Select function? I have spent hours looking for a
> possible remedy! Very frustrating!!
>
> Version: 7.2.3.2 / LibreOffice Community
> Build ID: 20(Build:2)
> CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
> Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-GB
> Calc: threaded
>
>    

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