Xara Webster - Selecting ObjectsThis page describes some more advanced methods of selecting objects in Xara Webster.MovieTo see a movie, click here.To select difficult objectsIf you are having trouble selecting an object, you may like to try the following :
To select objects in objectsWith Xara Webster you can easily select objects that are contained within blends, text objects and groups; these objects can then be edited as if they were not contained. Select Inside is a shortcut to select the object you actually click on, irrespective of whether it is part of a group, blend or text object (if you want to select a compound object inside another object you can use Select Member - see below).
Notes
To select a member of an objectXara Webster has a special form of Select Inside which allows you to select a particular member of a compound object as opposed to the normal select inside which always selects the actual object you click on. With select member, a click selects the object inside the compound object which contains the clicked object. If that object is a compound object, another click selects a member in that object and so on. When the last selected object is not a compound object the next click selects the outermost object again.
Example
The picture shows a group containing a rectangle and a (2-line)
text object. CTRL-ALT-clicking on the letter S selects the entire
group. CTRL-ALT-clicking again selects the member of that group, the
text object. CTRL-ALT-clicking again selects the member of that compound
object, the upper line of text in the text object. CTRL-ALT-clicking again
selects one level deeper; the single text character. A final CTRL-ALT-click
reselects the entire group allowing you to cycle through all the objects
under the mouse pointer.
To select objects under other objectsOften objects in the document cover all or most of other objects. Use this to select the hidden objects.
Click to select the object under the selected object. (ALT-click)
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