Select Ladder elements

Click or navigate to a ladder element to select the component and place the caret on the component. Hold the Shift key and select or navigate to a ladder element to select multiple ladder elements of the same group (for example, rungs, instructions and right branch rails, and branch levels).
In addition, this table describes each ladder element's the unique selection methods.
Ladder element
Selection method
Instructions
Click an instruction field that is a valid caret location to place the caret on that field.
Click the button of a complex instruction to display the configuration dialog box for that instruction.
Right-click an instruction to display a context-sensitive popup menu for the instruction.
When an instruction is selected, a solid focus rectangle appears around the instruction.
Rungs
To select a rung, click the left end of the rung before the first instruction. The caret is placed on the rung selection region and the rung is selected.
Right-click a rung before the first instruction or on the caret, to display a context-sensitive popup menu for rungs.
When a rung is selected, a solid focus rectangle around the selected region of the rung appears.
Rung Comments
Click a rung comment to place the caret ion the rung comment. The focus rectangle appears on the rung selection region of the rung to which the comment belongs.
Right-click a rung comment to display a context-sensitive menu for rungs.
Branches
For the left branch rail:
  • Click a valid caret location to place the caret on that location and select the location. The entire branch level that the caret is on is selected.
  • Right-click to display a context-sensitive popup menu for branches.
For the right branch rail:
  • Click a valid caret location. The caret is placed on that location and the entire right branch rail and the right branch are selected. The entire branch that the caret is on is selected.
  • Right-click a context-sensitive popup menu o display branches.
When a branch is selected, a solid focus rectangle around the selected branch rail appears.
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