Re: Can I use movement commands to refine a mouse-defined region?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Nick Helm <nick@tenpoint.co.nz>
> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 17:38:10 +1300
> 
> I usually define a region by firstly setting the mark with C-SPC, moving
> point with some combination of C-f, C-b, C-n, C-p etc, then acting on the
> highlighted region.
> 
> Occasionally, I use the mouse to define the region using click and drag.
> This, I presume, sets the mark on button down and moves point with the
> drag. 
> 
> Sometimes though, my mousing is not as accurate as it could be and I
> would like to refine the region by moving point with C-f, C-b etc. 
> However, any movement keys immediately deactivates the defined region
> and removes the region highlight. 

Use shifted arrow keys, they don't deactivate the region.