Lasso Mode ( Drawing Editor - for preselection )

Tool summary :

• Provides an alternative to Select Items mode that lets you draw a lasso .
• Unlike the Select Items mode, Lasso mode does not allow you drag selected objects.
• Ctrl , Shift and Ctrl+Shift modifiers function in the much the same way in Lasso mode as in Select Items mode, except that...
  
  
  • left-clicking and dragging draws a lasso and not an area box,
  • you cannot left-click objects to select (or deselect) them, and
  • right-clicking and dragging draws neither a lasso nor an area box.
• User and Site Options > General > " Point selection by area box " affects lasso selection in the same way that it affects the drawing of an area box.
• The icon can be taken from the group named ' Selection ' ( Drawing Editor ) and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).
• You can use Mode Configuration to configure tools to use lasso selection. For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface .
• Pressing the Esc key returns you to Select Items mode.

Also see :

• Select Mode ( Drawing Editor's base mode)

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