Selection box not including items not displayed on screen

I apologize if my following question is hard to understand....I have tried a few ways but can't seem to explain it clearly!

When I am selecting items to perform a command on using a window (ie stretch) and it covers a large area that I need to pan over or to zoom into an area to ensure that I am not selecting something I shouldn't Autocad is only selecting what is currently showing on the screen. Is there a setting that I can change so that it selects everything I select regardless if it is currently being displayed on the screen?

Thanks

I hate when that happens.

I don't know how to fix it either.

AFIK, there is no setting for this.

I don't know why that happens either, but there is a way to get around it.

Do your selecting before you start the command. Also Make sure the system variables PICKADD = 1 and PICKFIRST = 1. I do it this way universally and select multiple bunches of things with small windows while zooming in, out, panning all around, and I never lose the selected items that go off screen unless I have started the command before I select.