The Selection preferences page is accessed by selecting Options, followed by Preferences and finally User Interface from the main menu bar. Then click on the Selection tab at the top of the preferences dialog.
You can completely customize the way you select files in Magellan Explorer.
Up through the years several different methods have been used in a variety of products so it seems that everyone have their favorite way of selecting files and folders. By changing the settings on this tab you can emulate most of them.
Please note that changed made on this tab and Advanced Selection effect each other.
One-Click Configuration
If you have previously used and prefer the selection method of Windows Explorer or Norton Commander you may use it by clicking on one of the buttons. To restore the settings to factory default click on Normal. Details display
To be able to support different selection methods Magellan Explorer comes with its own, custom folder window control. The look and feel of this is different from the standard Explorer/Windows folder window in some respects.
If you want Magellan Explorer to behave similar to Windows Explorer please choose the Explorer details option.
File selection
Select using
Default Windows selection uses the left mouse button, however Magellan Explorer offers the use of right mouse button as an alternative. If you prefer using the right mouse button when selecting files use this option.
Note: When using the right mouse button for selection the context menu can be displayed by holding the right mouse button down for approximately one second.
Mouse Dragging
Moving the mouse while holding down the button is called a drag. You can configure Magellan Explorer to either do a drag & drop action or select all the files you move the mouse cursor over when dragging using the same button selected above for file selection.
Note: The mouse button not used for selection will always be available for drag & drop (unless you have disabled it on the Defaults tab) no matter what option you use here. Therefore it is possible to use both drag selection and drag & drop with the same settings. This is also the default and recommended setting as it provides the most powerful way to work.
Selection of multiple files
When doing file management it is often necessary to select more than one file. By default this is easy in Magellan Explorer as you just select the files you want one after one (and your previous selections will remain). This is called sticky selection. To unselect files you must either manually select each file (optionally using drag selection) or using the Select None tool.
On the other hand, you may prefer the way Windows does this, using the CTRL and SHIFT keys. Unless you're holding down either Ctrl, Shift or both, a new selection will clear any other selections you may have made.
When holding down the SHIFT key all the files and folders between your old selection and the new selection will be selected (including the two mentioned). If you hold down the CTRL key then the previous selection becomes stays while you select new items.
Holding down both will expand the selection with the files between the already selected files and the file you click on.
Keyboard selection
If you want to use the keyboard to select files then enable this option. If you only want the keyboard selector (a black outlined box) to appear when you press on one of the arrows keys then select the second alternative.