Which keystroke combination is used to select noncontiguous items in a list?

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Which keystroke combination is used to select noncontiguous items in a list?

To select noncontiguous items, you use a modifier key with your mouse clicks. The modifier here is the Ctrl key. Holding Ctrl while clicking adds that item to the current selection without clearing what’s already selected, so you can pick several separate items scattered in the list. If you click an item again with Ctrl held, you can remove it, letting you fine-tune the set. This ability to toggle individual items is what makes noncontiguous selection possible. By contrast, Shift+Click selects a continuous block between two points, not separate items, and Double-Click typically opens or runs the item rather than changing selection. Alt+Click isn’t a standard method for multi-select in most environments. (On macOS, the equivalent is Command+Click.)

To select noncontiguous items, you use a modifier key with your mouse clicks. The modifier here is the Ctrl key. Holding Ctrl while clicking adds that item to the current selection without clearing what’s already selected, so you can pick several separate items scattered in the list. If you click an item again with Ctrl held, you can remove it, letting you fine-tune the set. This ability to toggle individual items is what makes noncontiguous selection possible. By contrast, Shift+Click selects a continuous block between two points, not separate items, and Double-Click typically opens or runs the item rather than changing selection. Alt+Click isn’t a standard method for multi-select in most environments. (On macOS, the equivalent is Command+Click.)

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