# Some minimum improvement for interactive selection
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/some-minimum-improvement-for-interactive-selection/4679
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [June 25, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/some-minimum-improvement-for-interactive-selection/4679 "2020-06-25T11:46:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Richard](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Richard)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/some-minimum-improvement-for-interactive-selection/4679/1 "2020-06-25T11:46:28Z")
One change would benefit the usability of interactive selection in Paraview: Maintain any chosen Select (cells/points on, …) button from the top toolbar on the view frame. Any selection I have to make now systematically requires me to click on that Select button over and over again until the selection is OK. I d rather have it always on and consecutively draw a rectangle of clicking cells with the appropriate shift or control addition depending whether I want to add or subtract. Once finished I would end the selection mode by hitting the Select button again (and deactivate the edition of the selection). Anyone would support that idea ?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/some-minimum-improvement-for-interactive-selection/4679/2 "2020-06-26T02:36:12Z")
+1, that should be the default when using modifiers.
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### Author:  [@Richard](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Richard)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/some-minimum-improvement-for-interactive-selection/4679/3 "2020-06-29T12:28:04Z")
Shall I do anything else special to bring it to the attention of the developers ?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/some-minimum-improvement-for-interactive-selection/4679/4 "2020-06-29T12:30:53Z")
Please create an issue on our gitlab.
[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues)
Are you interested by financially funding this issue so it is fixed in priority ?
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### Author:  [@Richard](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Richard)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/some-minimum-improvement-for-interactive-selection/4679/5 "2020-06-29T12:33:50Z")
This is done. Well no we are not willing to financially fund this one. I believe the cost of fixing it is extremely low anyway
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/some-minimum-improvement-for-interactive-selection/4679/6 "2020-06-29T12:36:26Z")
Fair enough.
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/some-minimum-improvement-for-interactive-selection/4679/7 "2020-06-29T16:01:01Z")
Bug is reported here: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/20040](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/20040)