Many commands in Amaya act on the current selection. The current selection can be changed in different ways.
To select some text, drag a region - move the mouse with the left button pressed down and release it when the desired part is selected.
You can also extend the selection by clicking with the middle button.
You can select a whole element, such as a list item by clicking on its bullet or its number.
Whatever the way you change the current selection, the type of the first selected element is displayed at the bottom of the window. It is followed by the types of the enclosing elements in the structure. This may be helpful when the document structure is complex.
The structure view is especially convenient for quickly selecting large elements. Just click on the blue label that represents the element, or on the name of any of its attributes, or even on its blue vertical line. A large element like a complex table or a long list can be selected with a single click.
Clicking on a black character in the Structure view selects only that character.
A bold text in the structure view represents the value of an attribute that can be edited directly from the keyboard. A selection in such an attribute value cannot be extended outside the attribute.
If you click on the left hand part of an image, the insertion point is moved to the left edge of that image. This allows you to type text before the image.
If you click on the the right hand part of an image, the insertion point is moved to the right side of that image. This allows you to type text after the image.
If you want to select the whole image, click anywhere within the image and move a bit with the button pressed down. Do not leave the image before releasing the button. The whole image is then selected. You can use the copy, cut and paste commands to move or duplicate the image element along with all its attributes.