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Selecting wells

Almost everything works on the selected wells: entering values, dilutions, randomizing, clearing. Selected wells have a blue outline.

With the mouse

Action Result
Click a well Select just that well
Drag from one well to another Box-select the rectangle
Shift + click / drag Add to the selection
Ctrl + click / drag (Cmd on Mac) Toggle wells in or out
Click a row letter (A, B, …) Select the whole row; drag over letters for several rows
Click a column number Select the whole column
Click the top-left corner Select every well
Click empty canvas Clear the selection
Box select
Dragging from B3 to D7.
Row and column
Row D plus column 5 (header clicks with ++shift++).

Quick selections

The Select buttons in the left panel:

Tools panel

  • All / None / Invert
  • Edge: the outer ring of wells, which is prone to evaporation
  • Edge ×2: the outer two rings
  • Inner: everything except the edge
  • Empty / Filled: wells without or with any value
  • Checker: a checkerboard pattern

Combine them: for example, click Inner and then Invert to get the edge.

Edge selection
Edge selects the outer ring, often used for buffer or blank wells.

Select by value

In Fields & values (left panel), click a value to select every well that has it. Shift-click adds to the selection.

Keyboard

Keys Action
Ctrl+A Select all
Ctrl+D or Esc Deselect
Del Clear the selected wells