# REQUEST: expand selection in the Filter box
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-expand-selection-in-the-filter-box/18729
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [February 20, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-expand-selection-in-the-filter-box/18729 "2017-02-20T21:14:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-expand-selection-in-the-filter-box/18729/1 "2017-02-20T21:14:16Z")
Right now a left double click in the Filter box will select only one word / continuous set of strings:
**1 click** - focus is made
**2 clicks** - nearest word is selected
I propose to adjust that behavior:
**3 clicks** - whole expression is selected
Right now this has to be done manually, by either pressing the left button and then dragging the mouse pointer horizontally or by pressing CTRL + A
Alternatively instead of 3 quick clicks it could be a second quick double click, performed any time after the first double click selects one word
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### Author:  [@LaurenBacall](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LaurenBacall)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-expand-selection-in-the-filter-box/18729/2 "2017-02-21T02:48:36Z")
Sounds good. Would be the same behavior as word processors and browsers.
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-expand-selection-in-the-filter-box/18729/3 "2017-02-21T05:16:37Z")
> [@zerow](#):
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> Right now this has to be done manually, by either pressing the left button and then dragging the mouse pointer horizontally or by pressing CTRL + A
Or if the cursor is not in the filter-line you can click outside the line in the surrounding of the filter like on "Filter:" or anywhere in the filter-line-sorrounding.
Or you can double press F3.
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-expand-selection-in-the-filter-box/18729/4 "2017-02-21T11:58:27Z")
> [@poster](#):
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> Or if the cursor is not in the filter-line you can click outside the line in the surrounding of the filter like on "Filter:" or anywhere in the filter-line-sorrounding.
But not if you already have selected a word with a double click or the cursors is in the Filter. Then you have to click elsewhere first and only the clicking on the "Filter" sign will select everything
> [@poster](#):
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> Or you can double press F3.
That I did not know
But it is similar to the CTRL + A method
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-expand-selection-in-the-filter-box/18729/5 "2021-03-11T22:27:32Z")
> [@Zerow](#):
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> > [@poster](#):
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> > Or if the cursor is not in the filter-line you can click outside the line in the surrounding of the filter like on "Filter:" or anywhere in the filter-line-sorrounding.
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> But not if you already have selected a word with a double click or the cursors is in the Filter. Then you have to click elsewhere first and only the clicking on the "Filter" sign will select everything
> [...]
So how about utilizing that big `Filter:` sign then?
The area it occupies could be turned into a detection zone - that when clicked would select all of the content in the Filter