What happened to Field Buttons -> Field Type -> Select?

Coming from Opus 9, updating to Opus 12... I had difficulty finding some of the previously available features. So I may be missing something...

Field Buttons -> Field Type -> Select

There used to be a field called Select that let you control what items you would like to select (not filter, just select/highlight) in a lister. Some testing of this old feature suggests that I am looking for the functionality of the

Select SIMPLE

command (that opens a new requester)... only in my case I'd like to see that added to a Toolbar in a field. (Under the Commands tab it would be named "Select Field".)

If this has been removed, why was that? Or did I miss something?

Thanks.

Type a : character into the main file display and a selection field will appear automatically, which you can continue typing a wildcard into.

You can change the key under Preferences / File Displays / FAYT and Filter Bar Keys if : isn't convenient for your keymap/locale.

I used the Num+ key all these years to select files, thanks to the FAYT and Filter Bar Keys set to "+" I have the "select field" back and it works as it used to. Neat.

Feature Suggestion: Filter Bar Activation for DeSelect

Much like "Select SIMPLE" (to Filter Bar Select) there is also a "Select DESELECT" to partially deselect previous selected items in a Lister. It might be a nice feature to have a

Deselect: - [color] [color]

feature added to Preferences / File Displays / FAYT and Filter Bar Keys as well.