[Mesquitelist] deselecting branches in the Tree Window

[Wayne Maddison]

At 1:59 PM +0100 4.2.2009, Aidan Budd wrote:
>Hi
>
>A quick question - I often use the "Copy Tree" option from the Tree
>Window's Edit menu to put the NEWICK format description of the tree I'm
>viewing onto my clipboard
>
>If I've selected some/all of the branches on the tree e.g. using the
>"Selecet Clade" tool, those branches are marked-up in the text version of
>the tree that "Copy Tree" places on my clipboard - and I would like to
>avoid having this marking up/commmenting in this text
>
>so - with that in mind - how do i "deselect" branches in this window? I've
>hunted around through the menus and the documentation and can't find any
>way of doing this

The convention is the same as in most computer programs -- you click 
somewhere else where there is nothing to select.  So, if you have the 
arrow tool selected, touch on the background beside the tree, making 
sure you don't touch a branch or a terminal taxon name.  Does that 
work?

Wayne

>
>Any suggestions/advice much appreciated!
>
>Best wishes
>
>Aidan
>
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