Select an Element

Hint: It's faster and easier to click the right-mouse button on a single drawing element to select it.  Use the Selection tool only if you want to select multiple elements.

• Click the Select Element tool; the cursor changes to an arrow.
• Click near the edge of an element.  Or press Enter with the cursor positioned on the element.  (Pre-drawn figures select better from the center, bezier curves from their ends.)

NOTE: The first element found at the cursor location will be selected. 

To select another element occupying the same location, press the F3 key or select "Search For Another Element at This Location" from the right-click popup menu.

• If you click a different element, it will be selected and the previously selected element will be un-selected.
• If you want to keep the selection and add to it, Hold down the Shift key while clicking another element.

When selected, the element turns magenta in color and the Alter Plan tool bar appears (to the right of the main tool bar).  While options vary according to the element selected, in general it can be:

•     Cut or copied
•     Moved
•     Rotated
•     Resized
•     Flipped horizontally
•     Flipped vertically
•     Change Color
•     Line Style
•     Fill Pattern
•     Change Properties

Click to un-select the element.  (Press Enter if using arrow keys.)

Alternative: Right-clicking on a drawing element will select that element and produce a pop-up menu with items pertinent to the type of element selected.

Also see: How To Select A Group Altering Drawing Elements

Turn the Snap Grid off, or you may not be able to get close enough to the edge of an element to select it.

Note: Bezier curves are selected by clicking on the ends of the curve. You cannot select a curve by clicking on it's surface.

When all selected elements are of the same type, additional options are available.

For instance:

If all selected elements are walls, you can do things that pertain to walls, like changing the wall thickness or the fill pattern. All selected walls will reflect these changes.

If all the selected elements are text, you can change the font specifications for all the selected text elements.

But, if the selected elements are of different types - i.e. some are walls, some are text - then you are limited to operations that can be performed on any element like moving, copying, etc.