This is becoming a tedious task going back and forth from the select menu. Hot Keys would make this much quicker
You can add these selection options in the quick commands tool which is invoked with a space bar on your keyboard.
We do not have hot keys. but you can keep them at the top ribbon using customize toolbar option for single click access.
Customizing the Interface in STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition
Third party tools like AutoHotkey could work also.
Seth Guthrie can you show some example with staad