Select All is a small Autohotkey application that fixes the standard Windows select all behavior. Pressing Ctrl A normally results in all text in an active field, form or window to be selected. There are however situations where this is not working correctly so that only parts of the text are selected.
The developer was kind enough to provide several sample applications where the select all behavior was not working correctly in the Windows operating system. The broken behavior occurs for instance in Windows Explorer, the PDF reader Sumatra or the standard save dialog.
Select All is intuitive to use. Tapping the Ctrl A shortcut a second time whenever the first does not select all text in an active form, field or window will select all the text in most applications. There is also the possibility to press Ctrl A, hold the CTRL key and press A again to perform the same operation. The developer prefers the second method which is probably a bit faster but requires the user’s knowledge of the faulty behavior.
Select All fixes the text selection in many applications that show the erratic behavior. Some programs on the other hand, including Nirsoft applications, do not work with the software program.
Users who have faced incorrect text selection behavior in the past should give Select All a try to see if it fixes their issues. Select All can be downloaded from the Donation Coder forum.
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