Le 26/01/2010 11:37, Owen a ?crit : > a. Does Edit->"Advanced Select All" (Ctrl+Alt+A) help your selection Thanks, i'd never used that tool and it might help in some cases !
> b. I think it is a good idea to use layers for complicated object > arrangement (and therefore selection) It would only little help if all doesnt fit on screen initialy. sveinki a ?crit aussi : > Selection rectangle from left-to-right selects only those objects completely > 'surrounded' by the rectangle, and a selection rectangle from right-to-left > selects all objects which are 'touched' by the rectangle area. The direction > of these selection methods is swappable. Yes, however some SHIFT or CTRL modifier might be less unusual for such a feature when not in conflict with other selection-editing feature ? ale a ?crit ensuite : > what are the pro and contra to selecting in a greedy way? > (on top of the ease of selecting multiple near elements) I mentioned 2 disadvantages of the ungreedy way : - need to make BIG mouse gestures instead of small ones, leading sometime to : - need to zoom out first, so as to see the whole of the desired boxes or click click click click click ... I can see one drawback with the greedy rectangle : - need to unselect some of the too many selected boxes - and maybe it is more difficult than selecting ? - JLuc
