Turn off Selection Preview

Issue

You want to turn off the feature that highlights objects when your cursor rolls over them.

Solution

Use any of the following values on the SELECTIONPREVIEW system variable to control the display of selection previewing:

[0] Off
[1] On when no commands are active
[2] On when a command prompts for object selection
[3] Always on (initial value)

Use any of the following values on the PREVIEWEFFECT system variable to control the visual effect used for previewing selection of objects.

[0] Dashed lines (the default display for selected objects)
[1] Thickened lines
[2] Dashed and thickened lines (initial value)

Use any of the following values on the PREVIEWFILTER system variable to exclude specified object types from selection previewing.

[0] Excludes nothing
[1] Excludes objects on locked layers
[2] Excludes objects in xrefs
[4] Excludes tables
[8] Excludes multiline text objects
[16] Excludes hatch objects
[32] Excludes objects in groups

These variables can also be controlled through the Visual Effect Settings dialog box under the OPTIONS > Selection tab.