Controls the appearance of selection previewing.
Access Methods
Options dialog box, Selection tab
List of Options
The following options are displayed.
Selection Area Effect
Controls the appearance of selection areas during selection preview.
- Preview Area
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Displays the effect of the current settings.
- Indicate Selection Area
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Controls the display of effects for selection areas. (SELECTIONAREA system variable)
- Window Selection Color
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Controls the color of the transparent selection area during window selection. (WINDOWAREACOLOR system variable)
- Crossing Selection Color
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Controls the color of the selection area during crossing selection. (CROSSINGAREACOLOR system variable)
- Selection Area Opacity
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Controls the transparency of the selection area during window and crossing selection. (SELECTIONAREAOPACITY system variable
Selection Preview Filter
Specifies the object types which are excluded from selection previewing.
- Objects on Locked Layers
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Excludes objects on locked layers from selection previewing. This option is on by default. (PREVIEWFILTER system variable)
- Xrefs
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Excludes objects in xrefs from selection previewing. This option is on by default. (PREVIEWFILTER system variable)
- Tables
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Excludes tables from selection previewing. (PREVIEWFILTER system variable)
- Groups
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Excludes objects in groups from selection previewing. (PREVIEWFILTER system variable)
- Multiline Text
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Excludes multiline text objects from selection previewing. (PREVIEWFILTER system variable)
- Hatches
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Excludes hatch objects from selection previewing. (PREVIEWFILTER system variable)