Select objects
Choose objects for editing, use selection boxes and work within the current group or focused editor.
Press V or choose Select. In the main drawing, clearing the selection returns the Select Tool Guide to Add Objects. Selection inside a focused editor is limited to the content that editor can edit.
Select an object
Click an eligible object. Without a modifier, the click replaces the selection. Ctrl/Cmd adds, Shift toggles membership, and Shift+Ctrl/Cmd removes. Repeated clicks over overlapping content can cycle the hit objects. A locked hit is not an editable selection.
Select with a rectangle
Drag on empty canvas to create a selection box. A solid window box selects enclosed objects; a dashed crossing box can include intersecting objects. Check the box style and current editor scope rather than assuming that every drag uses the same inclusion rule.
Use a freehand lasso
Choose Lasso select to trace an irregular region. Release to select objects whose tested center or corner lies in the region. Shift adds the lasso result to the current selection; Esc cancels an unfinished lasso.
Move and transform selected objects
Use the selection’s supported handles or the Move, Rotate and Scale tools. Tool Guides and property fields provide entered dimensions. Available handles depend on the view and object; a 3D selection is not a promise of the same 2D bounding-box handles.
Open a group or focused editor
Double-click or use the applicable group/edit action to enter the selected object’s context. Watch the active breadcrumb. A true empty click may clear the selection or close a focused sub-level; it is not a universal exit from every editor.