In order to edit an , you must be in select mode. To do
this either click on the select button or use the menu item
Tools->Select (Ctrl-P). An object can
be selected using any of the following methods:
Click on it with the left mouse button.
Double-click the left mouse button to
select the object behind the current object.
Use Control-click (i.e. click whilst holding down the control
key) if you want to add an object to the current
selection.
Click on an empty part of the and
drag. A dashed rectangle will appear. When you release the mouse
button, any objects within that
region will be selected. (If you have the shift key depressed,
only those objects which are completely inside the dashed
rectangle will be selected, but make sure you release the mouse
button before releasing the shift key.)
Use Navigate->Select (Shift-F5) to
select the next object in the . (Starting from the
and heading towards the .) This will cycle back to
the start when it reaches the end of the stack.
Use Navigate->Skip (F6) to deselect the
selected object closest to the , and select
the next object in the (heading towards the ). This
will cycle back to the start when it reaches the end of the stack.
Use Navigate->Add Next (Shift-F6) to add
the next object in the to the selection (starting from
the and heading towards the ). This will cycle back to
the start when it reaches the end of the stack.
Use Navigate->Find By Description...
or Navigate->Add By Description... to select an
object by its
||. (If an
object hasn't been given a
description, a generic description will be supplied instead.)
The former will deselect all other objects, the latter will add
the object to the current selection.
When an is selected, a dashed red/grey rectangle will
be displayed around it. (This rectangle may optionally have
|| regions.) Note that
individual elements of a can not be selected
independently of the group. When you select a group, you will only
see a dashed red/grey rectangle around the of the group,
not around the individual elements of the group.
To deselect an individual object, click on that object whilst
depressing the shift key. To deselect all objects, click on
an empty part of the , or use
Edit->Deselect All (Ctrl+Shift-A). Selecting another
tool will also deselect all objects.
In select mode, you can also use the select .
(This is usually done with a right mouse click, but depends on your
system. The function key F3 has the same effect.) The contents
of this menu vary according to what types of objects have been
selected, if any (see Figure 8.1).
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
Figure 8.1: Popup menus in select mode depend on what objects have
been selected: (a) no objects selected; (b) only
text-paths have been selected; (c) only paths
have been selected; (d) only text areas have been selected;
(e) only bitmaps have been selected; (f) groups or a
selection of different object types have been selected.