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ysapiyev
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Multiple selection in custom visual

Hi everyone.

 

I wanted to know, how to do multple selection using pressed CTRL button and mouse click, instead of mouse click. I set

this.selectionManager.select(d.identity, true), and it selects multiple data, but just by mouse click. How to alter it for identification of CTRL button pressed?
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v-viig
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Community Champion

Hello @ysapiyev,

 

You should use something like this (event documentation😞

 

// event is a mouse event

const isCtrlKeyPressed = event.ctrlKey;

this.selectionManager.select(d.identity, isCtrlKeyPressed);

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

 

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

 

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v-viig
Community Champion
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Hello @ysapiyev,

 

You should use something like this (event documentation😞

 

// event is a mouse event

const isCtrlKeyPressed = event.ctrlKey;

this.selectionManager.select(d.identity, isCtrlKeyPressed);

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

 

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

 

ysapiyev
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Hello  @v-viig,

 

Could you have a look at my problem?

 

Regards

Yerkhan

v-viig
Community Champion
Community Champion

That code snippet looks good.

Can you share the whole source code for debugging?

 

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

 

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

ysapiyev
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@v-viig,

 

Yes, should I send you visual.ts? And please share your email.

 

Regards,

Yerkhan

v-viig
Community Champion
Community Champion

It'd be better to share all of files.

You can send all of them to pbicvsupport@microsoft.com.

 

 

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

 

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

ysapiyev
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Hello @v-viig,

 

So ,as I understood, it should look like this, right?

var event =  <Event>d3.event;
const isCtrlKeyPressed =event.ctrlKey;

this.selectionManager.select(d.identity, isCtrlKeyPressed);

However, it shows me that there is no property ctrlKey in event. I googled, and it gives me similar solution as yours. What can be wrong?

 

Regards,

Yerkhan

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