To open the Paint Selection Tool, click the Paint Selection Tool icon in the Tool Box. The Paint Selection Tool lets you select components by dragging your cursor over them.
Double-click the Paint Selection Tool icon to display the options.
The options described below are unique to the Paint Selection Tool.
Select one of the following paint operations.
Selects painted components.
Unselects selected painted components.
Unselects selected components and selects unselected components.
By default, this option is turned on so that each stroke adds to the previous selection. This means you do not have to press the Shift key when you make a brush stroke to select, unselect, or toggle the selection of more components. If you want each stroke to override the previous one, turn Add to Current Selection off.
Selects all components on the selected surface(s).
Unselects all selected components on the selected surface(s).
Selects all unselected components and unselects all selected components on the selected surface(s).