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Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

AndrewWiseman — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:08:35 GMT

Maybe I am being daft, but I am unable to select more than one record in a table using my mouse. In 9.3 and previous versions, I could click and drag and select however many records I wanted or use the shift key to select multiple records. Now it won't let me do either one. A coworker is having the same problem, what's the deal? I know I can use "Select by Attributes" but sometimes I know exactly what I want to select or the query would be too complicated.

Edit: Of course, that should be "Can't select multiple rows in a TABLE..."

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

TerrySilveus — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:28:58 GMT

Maybe I am being daft, but I am unable to select more than one record in a table using my mouse. In 9.3 and previous versions, I could click and drag and select however many records I wanted or use the shift key to select multiple records. Now it won't let me do either one. A coworker is having the same problem, what's the deal? I know I can use "Select by Attributes" but sometimes I know exactly what I want to select or the query would be too complicated.

Edit: Of course, that should be "multiple rows in a TABLE..."

You should be able to select multiple rows using shift or control, however you should select the whole row. Your title specifies "field" and if you are trying to click on a field it won't work, you need to click outside the row not on any particular field. (on the record selector at the left of the row)

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

AndrewWiseman — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:15:30 GMT

Yeah, I meant to say rows in a table (I added a correction to the bottom, it wouldn't let me change the title of this thread) but it won't let me select the multiple rows using my mouse, shift or ctrl on the record selector. Is there some setting I need to change?

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

Anonymous User — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:38:26 GMT

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Interactively_selecting_records_in_a_table/005s0000004v000000/

Click the leftmost column instead of the other data fields.

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

AndrewWiseman — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:05:07 GMT

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Interactively_selecting_records_in_a_table/005s0000004v000000/

Click the leftmost column instead of the other data fields.

That's what I'm trying to do, but it doesn't work sometimes. Sometimes it does, but other times it only allows me to select one at a time.

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

TerrySilveus — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:13:34 GMT

That's what I'm trying to do, but it doesn't work sometimes. Sometimes it does, but other times it only allows me to select one at a time.

Is it possible that one of your keyboard keys is stuck? I've seen some weird things happen before just because one of the keys is stuck - it may not even look depressed. It might be fixed by tapping firmly on all of the control, shift, caps lock, and function keys etc. (or all the keys with the computer off) several times and then see if that helps.

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

Public_HealthObservatory — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:13:49 GMT

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I have this problem too! It is driving me nuts. I can't consistently select even ONE record from a table by clicking on it. Sometimes it works like it is supposed to, and sometimes it does not. When it doesn't work, the record is still blue like it is selected, but the number at the bottom will say "0/73 selected" or whatever (see attached). I always have to double-check that the record IS selected, and doesn't just LOOK like it is, because I can't count how many times I have gone to calculate one selected record and ended up calculating the entire field. So frustrating.

Behaviour is the same whether I am in edit mode or not. I can right-click and choose "Select/Unselect", but I have to choose it twice (first to unselect - even though it was not selected, and then again to select), and I can only select one record.

This behaviour was first noticed in 10.0. I had hoped 10.1 would resolve it but installed yesterday and it appears to have the same issue. Closing ArcMap may or may not help, same with a reboot.

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

AndrewWiseman — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 06:03:39 GMT

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I have this problem too! It is driving me nuts. I can't consistently select even ONE record from a table by clicking on it. Sometimes it works like it is supposed to, and sometimes it does not. When it doesn't work, the record is still blue like it is selected, but the number at the bottom will say "0/73 selected" or whatever (see attached). I always have to double-check that the record IS selected, and doesn't just LOOK like it is, because I can't count how many times I have gone to calculate one selected record and ended up calculating the entire field. So frustrating.

Behaviour is the same whether I am in edit mode or not. I can right-click and choose "Select/Unselect", but I have to choose it twice (first to unselect - even though it was not selected, and then again to select), and I can only select one record.

This behaviour was first noticed in 10.0. I had hoped 10.1 would resolve it but installed yesterday and it appears to have the same issue. Closing ArcMap may or may not help, same with a reboot.

Yes, this is precisely what happens to me. Do you have a 64-bit machine by any chance?

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

Public_HealthObservatory — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:33:44 GMT

Yes, this is precisely what happens to me. Do you have a 64-bit machine by any chance?

Nope - you do?

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

MichaelMilleson — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:50:34 GMT

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I have this problem too! It is driving me nuts. I can't consistently select even ONE record from a table by clicking on it. Sometimes it works like it is supposed to, and sometimes it does not. When it doesn't work, the record is still blue like it is selected, but the number at the bottom will say "0/73 selected" or whatever (see attached). I always have to double-check that the record IS selected, and doesn't just LOOK like it is, because I can't count how many times I have gone to calculate one selected record and ended up calculating the entire field. So frustrating.

Behaviour is the same whether I am in edit mode or not. I can right-click and choose "Select/Unselect", but I have to choose it twice (first to unselect - even though it was not selected, and then again to select), and I can only select one record.

This behaviour was first noticed in 10.0. I had hoped 10.1 would resolve it but installed yesterday and it appears to have the same issue. Closing ArcMap may or may not help, same with a reboot.

I am having this same problem.. Did you ever find a solution? I am wondering if Xtools is somehow the cause of this, do you have that installed?

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

Public_HealthObservatory — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:35:26 GMT

I don't have Xtools, no. Hmm...

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

BrianCoward — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:06:19 GMT

Does anyone know if this issue has a fix? I'm having the same issue with not being able to select records in a table. I'll post a solution if I come across one.
Brian

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

BrianCoward — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:14:17 GMT

Does anyone know if this issue has a fix? I'm having the same issue with not being able to select records in a table. I'll post a solution if I come across one.
Brian

An easy work around was simply saving everything and closing and reopening ArcMap 10.1.

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

Joeysmith — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:13:40 GMT

other times it only allows me to select one at a time.

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a Table with mouse or shift

WayneRennick — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:26:07 GMT

I've been experiencing this same problem for a while now.

The only work around I've been able to figure out is to export the dataset and do the selection on the new one.

I'm using 10.1, Windows 7 64bit.

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

marieducharme — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:44:47 GMT

Hello,

I've had similar problems, usually, periodically, i cannot select multiple rows at one, by clicking on the left-most row and holding down the shift key.

I've found that closing all instances of ArcMap and starting a new session works for me, even though it's kinda annoying.

I am running 10.1, on a 64 bit machine, and do have XTools.

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

CourtneyHart — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:13:07 GMT

No fix for this? I've been having this problem since I upgraded and was hoping to find a solution. Very annoying since I do a lot of selecting within my tables.

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

deleted-user-5h7t1IKyDCaC — Wed, 07 May 2014 12:46:41 GMT

I have this issue.
I have pinpointed that it happens after I join a table(xml) to the shapefile. Even if I export to a new shapefile where the table is within, it still will not let me select more than one row.
I have found that if you save and restart ArcMap, it will work again.

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

WayneRennick — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:59:11 GMT

I've been having this problem for years, on multiple computers. If I select a record in the table view, it isn't recognized by arcmap. I can't select multiple records in the table view. the work around I've used is to right click on the record and chose "Select/Unselect" on each row I want selected.

Otherwise the select by attribute works.

I kind of wonder if it's a graphics driver issue. My last to computers have had ATI/AMD graphics cards with multiple monitors.

It would be nice if someone would fix this.

Re: Can't select multiple rows in a field with mouse or shift

JukkaHellen — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:13:30 GMT

Same issue here. Sometimes I restart ArcMap (10.3.1 + patches) several times a day because of this. Way too many of these annoying bugs that complicates basic editing.