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.
This is true for everything inside math mode, including arrays like the one
you cited (and IMO one of the strengths of the math editor, I use it
often). It is not possible if the math formula type is an array type by
itself (e. g. equation, align etc.), but that is rather a LaTeX restriction
than a LyX one: Where would you put the parantheses in the following LaTeX
code
\begin{align}
a&=b\\
cccc&=d
\end{align}
(note that \begin{align} switches to math mode)?
Georg
