Rectangle Lasso Touch

Touch Rectangle Lasso

This lasso tool selects any graphic partially included in a rectangular region. The function may be modified to add to an existing set of selected graphics or remove graphics from an existing set of selections. The actual logic applied is determined by the radio button selection at the bottom of the Selection Tool Palette.

This button is found on the Selection Tool Palette . To use the button for this feature the Selection Tool Palette must be visible on the desk top. If it is not visible, use the "Selection" menu item under the "Views" menu of the Main menu to show the palette.

This selection function is performed by clicking the button shown at the top of the page. The cursor will change to a rectangular shaped lasso when moved over the top document window of EazyDraw. This is your visual clue that the lasso tool is selected. A click and drag of the mouse will show a shaded rectangle on the drawing. All graphics touched by the rectangle are selected.

Resizing the rectangle to exclude an entire graphic will cause that graphic to be "deselected", removed from the selection set. You may note all selected graphics by the presence of the control handles, the colored rectangles.

The state of the radio buttons at the bottom of the selection tool panel determines the actual action of the tool. The following list defines these modifications.

Select: The selection state is cleared. Any graphics touched by the lasso rectangle become the new selection set.
Deselect: The selection state is not cleared and any graphic touched by the lasso rectangle is removed from the selection set.
Add: The selection state is not cleared and any graphic touched by the lasso rectangle is added to the current selection set.

Undo (Command Z) and redo (Command Shift Z) work with this tool.

This tool selection ends on completion. EazyDraw returns to the default Arrow Select Tool after each use of this lasso tool. If you need to repeat the action click the button on the Selection Tool Palette.