Chief Architect Help Database - Article Number: 130
How to Change the Marquee Selection Mode
The information in this article applies to:- Chief Architect X5
- Chief Architect X4
- Chief Architect X3
- Chief Architect X2
When I drag a marquee around a group of objects, it selects everything the marquee intersects. How can I change it so that it only selects objects inside of the marquee?
Groups of objects can be selected by holding down either the Shift or Ctrl key when the Select Objects tool is active and then dragging a marquee around the objects to be selected.
You can specify whether objects must be totally contained in or intersected by the marquee, or whether an object’s center point must be contained in the marquee, in the Preferences dialog or using the Selection Mode toolbar buttons.
Changing the Marquee Selection
- From the menu, select Edit> Preferences
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- Along the left side, select the main Edit category.
- Under Marquee Selection, move the radio button to the appropriate setting you want.
- Choose Select Intersected Objects to select any objects whose bounding boxes are intersected by or located within the marquee. See Bounding Boxes.
- Choose Select Contained Objects to select only objects located entirely within the marquee. This option provides the best results in most situations.
- Choose Select Objects by Center to select only objects whose center points are located within the marquee.
- Choose Select Intersected Objects to select any objects whose bounding boxes are intersected by or located within the marquee. See Bounding Boxes.
You can also add the Selection Modes tools to your custom toolbars, or specify keyboard shortcut hotkeys for these tools to more quickly switch between the Marquee Selection modes. To learn more, see the Help Database articles below.
Article Number 820: How to create a custom toolbar configuration
Article Number 238: How do I use the customizable hotkeys feature?
Last updated on: Mar 28, 2013
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