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)