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| The remaining selection techniques all assume the selection tool is active (the cursor is an arrow). If another tool is selected, you can temporarily select the selection tool by holding down the Control key. -- Click on the object you want to select. If objects are stacked on top of each other (see Layering below), the first click will select the top object, the second click will select the next object underneath, and so on. When you click on a second object after you have selected one object, the previously selected object will be deselected and the other object will become the selected object. -- If you want to select several objects at once, drag a selection rectangle around the objects you want to select. To create a selection rectangle, first be sure that the selection tool is active. Then click in an area of the window where there's no object and drag diagonally—you will see a rectangle track your cursor. When you release the mouse button, the rectangle will disappear and any object whose bounding box intersects the selection rectangle will be selected. -- If you hold the Alternate key down when you begin to drag a selection rectangle, only objects that are completely enclosed in the rectangle will be selected. -- If you want to add single objects to a selection, hold the Shift key down while selecting each object you want to add to the group. -- If you want to add several objects to the selection, hold the Shift key down while you drag another selection rectangle. -- If you want to select all the objects in the window, choose Select All from the Edit menu (Command-a). -- If you want to deselect all objects, click somewhere else in the window. If you want to remove individual objects from a selection, hold down the Shift key while you click on each object you want to remove. | |||||
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