@wabe, I'm not sure.  I wasn't aware there was anything in preferences for this so I'll definitely take a look and see if that's what is causing this.  Thank you for that heads up.

@bruno,  that's another thing I didn't know about.  I'll check that too.  thanks.

@rutra, do you mean that vue selects more than one object in the pane on the right that shows layers and objects and whatnot?  When you select something there it is highlighted. I haven't noticed vue selecting more than one object at a time in that particular panel.