Editing Selection

You can select your units with your mouse, with your keyboard, or both.

== Selection Commands ==
* Simple click, select what you click on.
* Double click, select all same units/buildings on screen.
* Box select (click and drag to draw a rectangle), select all inside the box with the highest [[#Selection rank|selection rank]].

To manage your selection you can
* right click a unit in the selection window to remove it from the current selection,
* {{key press|Shift}} right click to remove all units that are like the one you click on;
* {{key press|Shift}} + [[#Selection Commands|selection command]] will add newly selected units to the current selection.

== Selection Rank ==

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ZeroK-RTS/Zero-K/master/LuaUI/Images/commands/states/selection_rank_0.png" height="24" width="24"/>
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ZeroK-RTS/Zero-K/master/LuaUI/Images/commands/states/selection_rank_1.png" height="24" width="24"/>
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ZeroK-RTS/Zero-K/master/LuaUI/Images/commands/states/selection_rank_2.png" height="24" width="24"/>
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ZeroK-RTS/Zero-K/master/LuaUI/Images/commands/states/selection_rank_3.png" height="24" width="24"/>

Selection rank determines which units are selected when dragging a selection box around units with different ranks. Only the units in the selection box with the highest rank are selected. This is what keeps buildings and construction units from being selected with combat units.

By default, most buildings have selection rank 1, factories and constructors have rank 2, and all combat units have rank 3. Selection rank can be changed for selected units, or it may be changed globally in the options menu. For example, if you don't want your Commander or anti-air units to be selected with the rest of your combat units, reduce their selection rank.

The default selection rank of units is customizable through Default Unit States in the [[Ingame_Menu]].

You can bypass selection rank by holding {{key press|Shift}} while dragging. You will select all units/buildings in the box.

A selection rank of 0 is an exception. Units that are set to 0 will ignore many catch-all selections such as {{key press|Ctrl}}-{{key press|A}} and {{key press|Ctrl}}-{{key press|Z}}

== Hotkeys ==

There are multiple [[hotkeys]] to help with selection:

*{{key press|Ctrl}}-{{key press|A}} selects everything
*{{key press|Ctrl}}-{{key press|F}} selects all mobile non-builder units
*{{key press|Z}} selects an idle builder; press repeatedly to cycle trough idle builders
*{{key press|Ctrl}}-{{key press|B}} selects all idle constructors
*{{key press|Ctrl}}-{{key press|C}} selects Commander
*{{key press|Ctrl}}-{{key press|Z}} selects all units that are the same as the one you are currently selecting
*{{key press|Ctrl}}-{{key press|X}} selects all units that are the same as the one you are currently selecting that are currently visible on the screen
*{{key press|Ctrl}}-{{key press|I}} removes non-idle units from your selection
*{{key press|Ctrl}}-{{key press|E}} removes all units that are above 30% HP from your selection
*{{key press|Ctrl}}-{{key press|T}} selects [[Transportation|Transports]]
*{{key press|Ctrl}}-{{key press|S}} selects [[Owl]]s
*{{key press|Ctrl}}-{{key press|G}} selects [[Raptor]]s

Factories can also be selected using hotkeys. Your first factory will be on {{key press|Alt}}+{{key press|Q}}, the second factory you build will be on {{key press|Alt}}+{{key press|W}} and the next one on {{key press|Alt}}+{{key press|E}}, and so on. This assumes that you have the QWERTY keyboard layout.

You can select missiles from the Missile Silo by either clicking on them or by selecting the Silo and pressing {{key press|D}}.

All hotkeys are editable in the [[Ingame Menu#Hotkeys|settings menu]].

== Autogroups ==

[[Hotkeys#Auto grouping|Autogroups]] are custom selection hotkeys that you can set up on the go. They allow units to be automatically added to a control group.


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