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126 Object Handling

Selecting objects in the Clipview
You can perform a "select inside" by holding "Ctrl" and clicking on the desired object.
This is very like selecting objects inside a group described earlier in this chapter
(ClipView objects are a type of group). You can now perform most edit operations on the
object.

Removing a ClipView
Just select the object and the menu "Arrange -> Remove ClipView", or press "Alt + Q".

Soft edged ClipView
With the whole ClipView object selected, you can adjust the FEATHER slider control on the
top bar, to give the whole clipped object a soft feathered edge.

Note: You can have ClipView objects inside ClipView objects.

Naming objects

You can apply names to any object in Xara Web Designer Premium using the
APPLY, REMOVE OR INSPECT NAMES OF OBJECTS button on the SELECTOR TOOL
InfoBar.
Naming is a general mechanism which has a variety of uses, some of which are
described below. Most commonly names are used to form loose sets of objects.

Example uses of names
Animations: Names are used in animations to mark objects which are to be tweened.
See the Animation (on page 459) chapter for full details.
Adding names

To add a name to an object, select the object and open the NAMES dialog using the
button on the SELECTOR TOOL InfoBar or right click on the object and choose NAMES...

Type the new name into the APPLY NAME field, or use the drop down list on the same field
to select a name which is already used elsewhere in the current document. Click ADD.
You should see the name appear in the NAMES APPLIED list.
Names applied
The NAMES APPLIED field shows you the names applied to the current selection. If more
than one object is selected, a list of names is only shown if all objects in the selection
have exactly the same set of names applied. Otherwise “<many>” is displayed, indicating
that there are differences in terms of the names applied to different objects in the
selection.