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How can I draw a rectangle to select objects directly from inside a frame when using outline mode?

  • June 1, 2025
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AdrianCuad

When in normal mode, if you press your left mouse button and then you drag you will draw a blue rectangle that is used to select elements. Problem is, when I am using outline mode, I can’t do this because the moment I press the left mouse button, the background frame gets selected and then when I drag the mouse I move the frame around instead of drawing a blue rectangle to select other elements.

And now that we are at it, how can I select component instances without using the layers panel? I noticed you can select rectangles and frames if you click on their border when in outline mode, but you apparently you can’t select component instances this way. Why? Should report this as a bug?

AdrianCuad
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  • June 1, 2025

Found the way: You hold Ctrl before pressing the left mouse button to start doing drag selection.

Apparently you can select component instances this way, but the entire component instance must be inside the drag selection unlike other elements that only have to touch this area.

Can we fix this and make component instances behave the same way, please?


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