Selection in the Alignment Editor components

In the Name List and the Sequence Area selection is visualized as a rectangle with a dashed border. In the Consensus Area the consensus sequence character of the corresponding columns are shown with light gray background:

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Information about selection is shown in the statistic bar under alignment.

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Selecting a region using the mouse and keyboard shortcuts

Using the mouse one can select:

By holding the Shift key it is possible to select a region between two coordinates of a mouse click. For example, if there is a big alignment, one can click on a character (the left upper coordinate of the region), press Shift, scroll to the required location of the alignment, and click on another character (the right bottom coordinate of the region).

It is possible to modify a selection in the Sequence Area by dragging the selection rectangle border:

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Press the Esc key to clear the selection.