Hierarchical Selection

Range selections typically include objects at the same level. However, you can also support a user's elevating a range selection to the next higher level if it extends beyond the immediate containment of the object (but within the same window). When the user adjusts the range back within the containment of the start of the range, return the selection to the original level. For example, extending a selection from within a cell in a table to the next cell, as shown in Figure 5.1, should elevate the selection from the character level to the cell level; adjusting the selection back within the cell should reset the selection to the character level.

Figure 5.1 Hierarchical selection