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Selection (user interface)
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Computing/Kghtm9fX">computing</a> and <a href="/facts/User_interface_design/bHpLP1ae">user interface engineering</a>, a selection is a list of items on which <a href="/facts/Command_(computing)/zUrvQbFy">user operations</a> will take place. The user typically adds items to the list manually, although the <a href="/facts/Computer/SQe1aK05">computer</a> may create a selection automatically. </p><p>Selections are enacted through combinations of key presses on a <a href="/facts/Computer_keyboard/MczF9LIS">keyboard</a>, with a precision <a href="/facts/Pointing_device/e1yHI8q9">pointing device</a> (<a href="/facts/Mouse_(computing)/fJpa1tUE">mouse</a> or <a href="/facts/Touchpad/5BptytYa">touchpad</a> and <a href="/facts/Cursor_(computers)/bGhgwPSq">cursor</a>, <a href="/facts/Stylus_(computing)/j5e1x0vf">stylus</a>), or by hand on a <a href="/facts/Touchscreen/zpSKDFpe">touchscreen</a> device. The simultaneous selection of a group of items (either a subset of elements in a list, or discontinuous regions in a text) is called a <i>multiple selection</i>. </p><p><a href="/facts/Context_menu/IdNFLzRK">Context menus</a> will usually include actions related to the objects included in the current selection – the selection provides the "context" for the menu. </p>