Selection and layers

[Jonathan Tyzack]

Hi Bill,

there are a few different ways of selecting things in OmniGraffle 4.1:

1. Use the Canvas>Selection Inspector (activate by pressing  
command-0) and pick the object(s) you wish to select. This is the  
easiest way to get to the exact grouping of objects you want. Note,  
if your object is part of a group, the first click will select the  
group, subsequent clicks of an object in that group will select just  
the object (with a highlight indicating it belongs to a group). You  
may need more than two clicks to highlight the target if you have  
grouped two or more groups of objects.

2. Show the Canvasses drawer and show the layers for the canvas.  
Control-click the layer you want to select the objects on and choose  
"Select All in Layer"; or click the Layer menu in the toolbar, select  
the appropriate layer and do the same.

3. You can try to use mouseless editing to highlight the object you  
want (command-arrow keys to move the highlight around the objects on  
the canvas).

4. If it is the text box of an object that you want to select,  
pressing tab or shift-tab will jump between all the available text  
boxes on the canvas

5. If you have multiple objects that share the same characteristics,  
you can also use Edit>Select>Similar Objects to highlight them all.

Cheers,

Jonathan

On 21 Jan 2006, at 13:29, William Conable wrote:

> Most programs with layers or stacked objects let you select objects  
> under other objects with a command-click or some such. OG doesn't  
> seem to do this; I have to send things to the back or hide layers  
> in order to select anything but the top-most object. Inefficient.  
> Is there something I'm missing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Conable
> OSU School of Music
> OGPro 4.1
>
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