topic Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast in AutoCAD Forum

Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 19:03:40 GMT

Click, drag, click. This draws a rectangular area and selects everything inside of it (duh). However, I'm running into issues where if my second click is too fast, it won't select anything at all. I've found myself having to click, drag, pause for two seconds, then click again to ensure my selection goes through.

My gut is saying this has to do with my hardware. Maybe it's time for a graphics card upgrade. However, I'd like to check in first and see if this is an issue that anyone has run into and if there's an easy solution. Thanks!

EDIT: running Civil 3D 2019

Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

Kent1Cooper — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:22:49 GMT

Does turning off SELECTIONPREVIEW [setting it to zero] help? It could be needing some thinking time to recognize things in the area to highlight them, and should not have the problem if it doesn't need to highlight them until after you've picked the other corner.

Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

jeff80 — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:00:30 GMT

Did you solve this yet. If not I will look through my settings and see if I can remember what I did to fix it. Im thinking it was something to do with Right click customization, but that may have been a different issue. I know I fixed the issue your having thought a while back.

Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:14:13 GMT

I have not solved it yet and would welcome any ideas!

Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

S.Faris — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:22:03 GMT

I would recommend you to check your Mouse settings

And if that doesn't help, Use a different mouse and try if it still have problems

Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

jeff80 — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 00:36:28 GMT

Sorry for not getting back to you on this yet. Have a look through your right click customization settings in options. I know there are settings that mean that a click right click is an enter and holding it open the short cut menu, I know I changed these settings. Also there is a setting that turns off the predictive commands in the command line that I also changed. In both cases it thinking about whether your right click was an enter or a open short cut menu, or the pause as it came up with predictive options to you typing say 'c' which is my copy command meant it missed your first or second left click for your window. I have had this problem occur multiple times over the years. It might also be related to one of the dynamic inputs being on. Sorry I just cant remember exactly as I think i've had it multiple times, then tried multiple things, then just migrate settings when I have something that works. Also the way I do things is apparently old school command then window etc. while new drafters seem to select then do the command.

Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

RobDraw — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 11:38:42 GMT

I would be surprised if right click settings had anything to do with this since selection is done with left mouse button.

Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

jeff80 — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 13:53:11 GMT

Well it surprised me too but that's what it was, two different examples. Essentially it delays your left click so you have physically click opposite corners but it puts the 2 clicks on top of each other.

It also surprises me that I'm still using 2017 because of issues I have with 2018 and 2019 with stuff that worked fine for 10 years beforehand but weird things happens.

Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

RobDraw — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 13:58:40 GMT

@jeff80 wrote:

Well it surprised me too but that's what it was, two different examples. Essentially it delays your left click so you have physically click opposite corners but it puts the 2 clicks on top of each other.

What you said doesn't make sense.

I have my doubts that right click settings have anything to do with the left mouse button.

Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

jeff80 — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:16:45 GMT

My mistake I must have imagined it multiple times

Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

jeff80 — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:38:30 GMT

I'm literally at my computer right now and the autocomplete still does it. I cant remember the settings I had on the right click customization or what version of cad I was using at the time, but im sure it still does it too.

Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

RobDraw — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:43:46 GMT

The topic at hand is about window selection. This is done with the left mouse button. I'm pretty sure autocomplete is not related.

Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

jeff80 — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 01:16:32 GMT

Well im literally at my computer and can repeat it where autocomplete causes issues with a selection window. Now if I slow done the mouse clicks its fine, or if I turn of autocomplete its fine. But if you think i'm wrong that's fine, my input was for the OP to look at for his problems. I also encourage him to look at the right click customization as I has similar issue with it at one time. From memory I change the pause time, or turned that on or something, but mines working now so i'm not bothered, if it helps the OP out great.

Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

vuk.vukanic — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 07:47:43 GMT

I found the setting that was causing the issue on my side. On the selection tab the Window selection method was set to Both - Automatic detection. Change it to Click and Click.

Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

zknapp — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:28:57 GMT

This was my issue as well, not sure if a system variable changed inadvertently but I always use the "Click and Click" selection method.

Thank you for providing an actual fix and not another internet argument like the other folks above.

Re: Rectangular selection not working when done too fast

jeff80 — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:43:43 GMT

I'm glad you solved your issue. And I will check out the above settings myself. But for the record. Turning on autocomplete still causes me the same problem. It is an easy check for other if they are having a similar issue.