image\SELECT.gif image\SEL.gifSelector Tool F2 or Spacebar or ALT+S

The Selector Tool is the primary tool in Xara LX. It is used for selecting, rotating, moving, skewing, stretching, flipping and scaling objects as well as other editing.

The Selector Tool can display several types of handle:

image\BULLET.gif Selection Handles, which are used to rotate, scale and skew objects.

image\BULLET.gif Edit Handles, which can be used to edit the shape of objects.

image\BULLET.gif Fill Handles, which can be used to edit fills within objects.

Selector Tool Infobar Controls

image\SELHAND.gif  Selection Handles

image\SHAPHAND.gif  Edit Handles

image\FILLHAND.gif  Fill Handles

image\ROTMODE.gif  Rotate/Skew Mode or Scale Mode

image\ROTCENT.gif  Transformation Center Grid

image\POSBOX.gif Position

image\SIZEBOX.gif Dimensions

image\SCALEBOX.gif  Scaling

image\ASPECT.gif  Aspect Ratio Lock

image\ROTBOX.gif Rotation

image\SHEARBOX.gif Skew

image\FLIP.gif  Flip

image\SCALELIN.gif  Scale Line Widths

image\NEWNAME.gif  Create New Name

Selector Tool Operations

Switching selection handle mode

Selecting objects

Moving objects

Rotating objects

Scaling objects

Flipping objects

Enabling selection handles

Enabling edit handles

Enabling fill handles and fill arrows

Stretching objects

Skewing objects

Moving fill handles

Using the Selector Tool temporarily

Moving points on shapes and lines

Selecting point handles

Moving the transformation center

Movies (not working in this version)

Using selection handles

Selecting objects

Selecting objects in objects

Selecting objects under objects

Moving objects