Important Note: Before you use the Parcel Selection Tools for selecting multiple parcels, it is highly recommended that you walk through the examples given in this help file under the four topics: Select By Point Tool, Select By Line Tool, Select By Box Tool, and Select By Polygon Tool. These topics are written in tutorial style and should be followed in order. They will step you through all aspects of how to use the Parcel Selection Tools properly.
The Select By Line Tool allows the user to select and highlight multiple parcels by drawing a line on the Map Display.
To select parcels by drawing a line:
Step 1: Click on the Select By Line Tool to make it the selected tool, the cursor will change to small cross-hairs.
Step 2: Click multiple
times to draw a line over some parcels in the Map Display.
Double click to end the line. This action will select
and highlight the parcels intersecting the line. The map will refresh
with the new parcels highlighted in blue, and a new multi-selected parcel
will be chosen at random. The Information
Table to the right of the map will be filled with attribute
information from the multi-selected parcel.
Action:
Result:
To add additional parcels to the current selection:
Step 1:
Click multiple times to draw a line over some parcels in the Map Display.
Hold the shift key down and double click to end the line.
This will add the parcels intersecting the line to the current selection.
Action:
Result:
To de-select parcels:
Step 1:
Click multiple times to draw a line over some of the selected parcels
in the Map
Display.
Hold the shift key down and double click to end the line.
This will remove the parcels intersecting the line from the current
selection.
Action:
Result:
Note: If you de-select the current multi-selected parcel, one of the remaining parcels will be randomly chosen as the new multi-selected parcel.