> Hello, > This week end, I noticed something about selecting : > > Selecting Scribus (and oOo and inkscape btw) > requires the selection to surround completely the object(s). > When just a millimeter is missing, the object is not selected. > > Imagine you are working on a small area with more than one box. > Some of these boxes do not fit on the screen. > It is not possible to select them. > You first have to scroll, and maybe it is not even possible > to surround ALL of the boxes you want, > so it would first be necessary to zoom to 50% or less for ex > so as to see the whole of all edges of all boxes > and be able to surround them with selection rectangle. > (An alternative when possible (not too many boxes to select), > is to select each box by clicking and shift clicking, but ) > alltogether, this produces a "this tool is week" feeling. > > With some other DTP tools, ALL boxes > that come across the selection rectangle are selected > even if all sides are not completely inside the rectangle. > Selecting lots of boxes requires just a little rectangle, > giving a comfort and power feeling feedback to the user :-) > > I tried to produce this power-user behavior with Scribus, > but with no success : > "alt+/-shift+/-ctrl +rectangle" is just "plain rectangle". > > Sad.
Just two comments; a. Does Edit->"Advanced Select All" (Ctrl+Alt+A) help your selection b. I think it is a good idea to use layers for complicated object arrangement (and therefore selection) -- Owen
