This section describes the mouse operations that can be done with icons, including selecting, dragging, and copying.
To work with an icon you must first select it. Once an icon is selected, you can make a copy of it, change its name, or delete it.
All icons are surrounded by a box. When an icon is not selected, the box appears raised above the screen or window surface. When you select an icon, the box appears to sink into the screen or window surface. Icons also change color or shape when selected. For example, drawer icons change from a closed drawer to an open drawer when selected.
If you click the selection button while the pointer is elsewhere on the screen or window, the icon is deselected and returns to its original appearance.
You can select several icons at one time. When multiple icons are selected, you can treat them as a single, entity, deleting, moving, or copying the entire group in one operation.
The two methods for selecting multiple icons using the mouse are drag selection and extended selection.
Drag selection uses the mouse to draw a box around all of the icons that you wish to select, as follows:
The extended selection method is for selecting icons that are not in a group that can be enclosed in a box, as follows:
You can move icons within a window or to another window by dragging them.
If you selected several icons, you can drag all of them at once. Hold down Shift, point to one of the icons, hold down the selection button, and move the mouse. All the selected icons move as you move the mouse.
Copy a drawer, project, or tool to another disk by dragging the icon over the other disk's icon or into the other disk's window. The original icon stays on the original disk and a copy is created in the destination disk's window.
You cannot make a copy of an icon on the same disk with this method. To copy something onto the same disk, select its icon, and then use the Copy menu item.
You can copy several icons at once using drag selection or extended selection. When the icons to be copied are selected: