Brian Williams wrote:
> By the way, the user guide says this in section 5.2: "If you decide after
> the fact to place parentheses (or other math structure, like a square
> root, or other decoration) around some math structure, you can do that by
> highlighting (selecting) the structure that is to go inside the
> parentheses...Then, choose the appropriate brackets for left and right,
> and click on Apply. The parentheses will be drawn around the selected
> structure."
> 
> This does not appear to be true for equation environments or arrays for
> that matter.

I think that the user guide is describing a counter intuitive UI. Since 
that section was written the math editor has been re-written from scratch. 
It's more than likely that the two are out of sync (and that the mathed 
way is better than the description).

Please file a report on bugzilla.lyx.org.

-- 
Angus

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