<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
	type="topic" style="task"
	id="selectionmode">

<info>
  <link type="guide" xref="index#gettingstarted"/>
   <link type="seealso" xref="viewingphoto"/>
    <credit type="author">
	<name>Venkatesh Tahiliani</name>
	<email>pulsar.viki@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
	<name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
	<email>safincrazy@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <license>
	<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
    </license>

  <desc> Select multiple photos at once.</desc>
</info>

<title>Using selection mode</title>

<p>
Selection mode is used to perform a selection on a set of photos or albums to perform a desired operation on the selected set. For instance, Opening a photo can be performed on a set of photos at once rather than manually opening every single one.
</p>


<section id="selectmodeon">
 <title>To select multiple photos:</title>
  <list>
   <title>Multiple photos can be selected in anyone of the following ways:</title>
    <item>
	<p>
	Click on the check mark icon labelled <gui style="button">Select Items
	</gui>on the primary toolbar at the top right corner to go into selection
        mode and click on the photos to be selected.
	</p>
    </item>
    <item>
     <p>
     Hold the <key>Ctrl</key> key and click on the photos to be selected.
     </p>
    </item>
    <item>
     <p>
     Click and drag to form a rubber-band selection
     of the enclosing area containing the photos.
     </p>
    </item>
    <item>
     <p>
     Right click on the photos to be selected.
     </p>
     </item>
  </list>
</section>
<section id="selectmodeoff">
 <title>To cancel selection mode:</title>
  <list>
   <title>One can cancel selection mode in either one of the following ways:</title>
    <item>
     <p>
	Click on the <gui style="button">Cancel</gui> button which appears
	on the primary toolbar in selection mode.
     </p>
    </item>
    <item>
     <p>
	Press the <key>Esc</key> key.
     </p>
     </item>
  </list>
 </section>
 <section>
	<note style="tip">
	   <p>
		In selection mode a new button replaces the existing ones on the primary 			toolbar which provides options to select all or deselect selected photos 			in one go, it also keeps the count of currently selected photos.
	   </p>
	</note>
 </section>
</page>
