Select or deselect objects
There are several ways in Microsoft® Expression Blend to select objects
on the artboard or
to cancel their selection.
To select an object
- Click Selection
in the Toolbox, and then select the object on the artboard.
You might have to click on the object a few times if its parent
container
is not already
activated. Double-clicking
on an object on the artboard when using the
Selection tool will activate the object's parent
container.
- Click Direct Selection
in the Toolbox, and then select the object on the artboard.
Double-clicking on an object on the artboard when using the Direct Selection tool will activate the object's parent
container.
- In the Interaction panel, under Objects and Timeline,
click the object.
- To select all objects under the
root container object (LayoutRoot), click Select All on the
Edit menu. If any of the objects under the root
container object contain child
objects, the child objects are not selected.
- On the artboard, right-click an object, point to Set Current
Selection, and then click on an object from the context menu.
The Set Current Selection context menu displays all
objects in the hierarchy, starting with the object that was
right-clicked, and ending with the top-most object (for example, the
Window object).
To select more than one object at a time
- Hold down CTRL while selecting multiple objects.
- Under Objects and Timeline, hold down SHIFT while
selecting two objects that are within the same
parent container. Holding SHIFT selects all of the objects between the two
that you select.
To cancel the selection of one or more objects
- In the Toolbox, click either Selection
or Direct Selection
,
and then hold down CTRL while clicking the object on the artboard.
- Hold down CTRL and then click the object in the
Interaction panel under Objects and Timeline.
To cancel the selection of all objects
- On the Edit menu, click Select None
(CTRL+D).
- On the artboard, either click the window's title bar or click a
blank area. The window is selected.