Using Boundary Selection - MapInfo_Pro - 2023

To select objects within a region:

1. Make the layer that you want to select objects from selectable. On the HOME tab, in the Windows group, click Tool Windows, and click Layers from the list, to open the Layers window. Click the Selectable icon beside the layer name to turn On selection.
2. On the MAP tab, in the Selection group, click Boundary Selection from the selection list. The cursor becomes a cross hair when moved over the Map window.
3. Click within a boundary object. MapInfo Pro selects all objects that fall within that boundary.
   For example, if you click on a region in a selectable layer that contains other objects, such as points. All objects in the topmost selectable layer, including the cosmetic layer, within the region will be selected. The tool chooses all objects within any polygonal region, ellipse, or rectangle on the map, such as a state or county boundary, a police patrol district or a sales territory. When the region is a complex one, with several component polygons, it includes all the component polygons in its search. If an object’s centroid is located in another region, it will not be included in the search.
4. To see a list of all the records that fall within that boundary, on the TABLE tab, in the Contents group, click Browser. Choose Selection from the list of tables. MapInfo Pro creates a Browser window with the new selection table.