Directly above the list of objects in a folder page you find the selection menu bar for actions which can be applied to several selected objects. This bar looks as follows:

 

Figure 1.4-5: Selection menu bar

Objects are selected by "ticking" their checkboxes.

  and   are shortcuts for selecting or de-selecting all objects within a folder. For example:

 | cut |   (or  Edit    Cut   ) transfers the selected objects to your clipboard.

 | delete |   transfers the selected objects to your trash.

Objects transferred from a workspace to your clipboard or your trash are no longer visible to the other members of the workspace.

Buttons such as  | rate |   trigger actions that can be applied only to objects of specific types. A detailed introduction to BSCW actions is given in 3.3.