Using the mouse

Click

Press and release the mouse button. This is usually the left mouse button, but this is configurable. See Configuring the mouse buttons.

Double Click

Click twice in quick succession.

Drag

Hold down the mouse button whilst moving the mouse.

Drag-and-drop

Xara LX uses drag-and-drop extensively. Move the mouse over an item, drag the item to the required position and release the mouse button to drop it. You will see the entire object move in real time, this is known as live drag, to allow for easy placement of items in your document. If you wish to just seen an outline of an object as you move it (which may be quicker, if the object is complex) press the tab key whilst dragging. You can press the tab key again to go back to live drag mode.

You can see the live drag status in the bottom right of the Xara LX window:

indicates that live drag is currently turned on. indicates that live drag is currently turned off.

You can also double click this icon to turn live drag on or off accordingly.

Note: If Xara LX detects that your system is too slow to perform a live drag, it will automatically switch over to outline drag if necessary—ensuring you can continue to work with ease and speed.

Drag and drop also allows you to drag colors from the Color Line and drag any item from a gallery onto your document.

CTRL-Click

Hold down the CTRL key during the click.

Shift-Click

Hold down the Shift key during the click.

ALT-Click

Hold down the ALT key during the click.

Mouse with wheel

See this page.

Note

CTRL, Shift and ALT can be held down in any combination during an operation.

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