```
select empty
select <i>button</i>
select <i>field</i>
select text of <i>container</i>
select before text of <i>container</i>
select after text of <i>container</i>
select <i>chunk</i> of <i>container</i>
select before <i>chunk</i> of <i>container</i>
select after <i>chunk</i> of <i>container</i>
```

<b>Note:</b><code> <i>container</i> </code>cannot be a variable.

The<code> select </code>command selects buttons, fields, or text.

<code>Select</code> <i><code>button</i></code>  selects a button as if you had chosen the Button tool and clicked it.<code> Select</code> <i><code>field</i> </code>selects a field as if you had chosen the Field tool and clicked it.

Note: You can’t use<code> select </code>to select hidden buttons or fields, and the user level must be set to Authoring or Scripting for<code> select </code>to work.

<code> Select empty </code>removes the current selection.  Use<code> select empty </code>instead of<code> click at </code>to deselect text or objects.

<code>Select text </code>applies to all the text in a field or in the Message box. You can select all the text or place the insertion point before the first character or after the last character of text.

<code> Select</code> <i><code>chunk</i> </code>applies to a specified range of text in the Message box or in a field, to one or more lines in a list field, or to a line (that is, a “menu” item) in a popup button.

In the Message box or in a field you can select the entire range of text or place the insertion point before the first character or after the last character of the range.