# Selection Clearing Across Multiple Render Views

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/selection-clearing-across-multiple-render-views/16203
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 20, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/selection-clearing-across-multiple-render-views/16203 "2025-02-20T14:34:47Z")
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### Author: ![sherin.sugathan](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/sherin.sugathan/32/15264_2.png) [@sherin.sugathan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sherin.sugathan)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/selection-clearing-across-multiple-render-views/16203/1 "2025-02-20T14:34:47Z")

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Dear Support!  
I have two RenderViews, **“renderView1”** and **“renderView2”** , placed side by side.

- `renderView1` renders **“surface1”**.
- `renderView2` renders **“surface2”**.
- Each RenderView has its own **Select Cells** and **Clear Selection** buttons.

When I select cells in `renderView1` using **“Select Cells On”** , I see the expected pink-colored lines indicating the selection. However, when I make a selection in `renderView2`, the selection in `renderView1` is automatically cleared.

It seems that making a new selection hides the previous selection, which **makes sense within a single view**. However, I would like to understand why making a ~~new~~ selection in one view clears the selection in another. Is this the expected behavior, or is there a way to retain selections across multiple views?