Main Menu - Select

The Select Menu is accessible only in select/transform mode.

Commands in this menu allow to select vector objects with use of various criteria, or modify selection.

The first command is Scroll and Zoom In on Selected. This command scrolls selected object(s) to center of the screen and zooms in or out to fit selection to the screen. It helps to localize object(s) selected in the Inspector window in the work area.

Next command Zoom In and Edit Selected Objects works in the same way as above command, but it also starts nodes editing mode.

The Invert Selection command unselects currently selected object(s) and selects the rest of objects. It can be used when you want to apply some changes to most (but not all) objects. Select the those that should remain untouched and use Invert Selection command to switch selection.

The New Selection, Add to Selection and Select Subset options allow you to define how vector objects are selected using the other commands in this menu. These options act as toggles. Only one of them can be enabled. You can define whether you want to make a new selection (and ignore the existing selection, if any), or add objects to an existing selection, or select only certain objects from an existing selection.

Example 1 - Select all fills and outlines:

1. Check the "Select>New Selection" option.
2. Use the "Select>Fills>All Fills" command.
3. Check the "Select>Add to Selection" option.
4. Use the "Select>Markup>All Outlines" command. All fills and outlines in the design are now selected.

Example 2 - Limited Selection:

1. Select a portion of the design in the work area or in the Object Inspector.
2. Check the "Select>Select Subset" option.
3. Use the command "Select>Selection>Backward Paths". The selection now only includes the return paths in the previously selected part of the design. This means that NOT all return paths in the design are selected, but only those that are inside the previously selected part.

Other commands in this menu allow you to select multiple objects of the same type (for example, Manual Stitches, backward paths, or Motif Fills). They work either with the entire design or just the selection, depending on the selection mode defined by the options above.

The text selection commands only work until you remove the reference to the corresponding text label from the objects. Removing the reference is done using the Main Menu > Text > Convert Text to Normal Objects item. After removing the reference, the object is no longer associated with the text label and cannot be selected using the Select > Text commands.