thanks david. that worked for me too and I like your detective approach.
I'll remember that the next time I need another equivalent.

On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 4:13 PM David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net>
wrote:

>
> On 7/18/19 1:02 PM, Mark Leeds wrote:
> > Hi All: I'm using an old version of Ubuntu, 14.04, and I can't figure
> out a
> > keyboard sequence that "selects all" analogously to  what ctrl-a does on
> > windows ?
> >
> > If anyone can be bothered running below and see if they have a way to
> > select all four fruits at once, it's appreciated. I've spent quite a bit
> of
> > time searching the net, going on AskUbuntu etc
> > but no luck. Thanks.
> >
> > library(tcltk)
> > fruits <- c("pear", "apple", "banana", "peach")
> > temp <- tk_select.list(choices = fruits, preselect = NULL,  multiple =
> TRUE)
> >
> > print(temp)
> Ctrl-/ picks all items on my setup.
>
> I'm in 18.04 inside Rstudio so my experience may be different.
>
>
> I discovered this by holding the control key down and sliding my finger
> across the lower tier of keys.
>
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