Selecting objects in objects (Select inside)

Xara LX lets you easily select objects
that are contained within compound objects
. 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 inside another object or not. If you wish to select a compound object inside another object you must use Select Member. See Selecting a member of an object.

To select objects in objects

1. Choose the Selector Tool (see Notes).

2. Place the mouse pointer over the contained object you want to select.

3. Either

CTRL-click to select the object,

or CTRL+Shift-click to swap the object between selected and not selected.

CTRL-Click to select the object under the mouse pointer even if it is contained inside other objects

Notes

When an object has been selected inside another object, this information is displayed on the Status Line. For example "1 QuickShape (inside)"

Some operations are unavailable when any selected object is inside another one.

If you hold down CTRL when you drag-and-drop an attribute onto an object inside another object, the attribute will be applied to the object inside the compound object. See apply inside
.

When selecting navigation bars
and rollovers
we recommend using the Button & NavBar Tool. See Selecting navigation bar objects.

Movie—click below (not working in this version)

Selecting objects in objects

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