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124 Selecting Objects

The InfoBar
All the buttons on the InfoBar are described in the following sections except:

• SHOW EDIT HANDLES which is described in "Drawing lines".
• SHOW FILL HANDLES which is described in "Fills".
• APPLY, REMOVE OR INSPECT NAMES OF OBJECTS which is described in "Document
handling (on page 71)".

The first two buttons let you edit the outlines and fills of objects without the need to
switch tools.

Alt + S
Because the SELECTORTOOL is the most used tool, there is an additional shortcut that lets
you switch to the SELECTOR TOOL to perform a selection or other operation, and quickly
switch back to the previous tool. If you are using another tool, you can easily switch to
the SELECTOR TOOL:

• Press and release "Alt + S" to switch to the SELECTOR TOOL. Press again to return to
the previous tool.

Selecting objects

To select a single object, click on any visible part of the object.

Change object selection
Once an object is selected, you can use the following keys to change the selection:

• End selects the back object.
• Home selects the front object.
• "Tab" selects the next object towards the back.
• "Shift + Tab" selects the next object towards the front.

Front and back objects are described in "Object handling (on page 75)".

Marquee selection
To select multiple objects, press and hold down the mouse button. Dragging the mouse
draws a selection rectangle, by default all objects wholly within the selection rectangle
are selected.

If you have an object in the way which is preventing you from drawing a rectangle
because you end up moving the object, hold down "Shift" while dragging out the
selection rectangle.

By default, dragging a selection rectangle selects only those objects which are
completely inside the rectangle. This behavior can be changed so it's compatible with the
way selection works in other applications, whereby the objects touching the rectangle