The Selection Tool allows you to edit the plan, to add new plan elements from the templates, to cut, copy or paste plan elements and so forth.
The Selection Tool is the default tool. It is always active when no other tool is active.
To select a single plan object, simply click on it with the left mouse button.
Please note that you may need multiple clicks to select the plan object you desire. E.g. if you wish to select a graphical supplement, you will need to click twice. The first click will select the corresponding plan element and the second click will select the graphical supplement. You can see which plan object is selected by looking at the color of the handles.
If you wish to add another plan object to the current selection, you can press the [Ctrl] button and click on the plan object you wish to include.
Please note, however, that you can only select plan objects that are on the same level, that is you can select multiple plan elements or multiple graphical supplements, but you cannot select a plan element and a graphical supplement at the same time.
If you wish to select multiple plan elements at once, you can use the marquee tool. Simply press the left mouse button, keep it pressed and drag the mouse. This will open a rectangle. When you release the mouse button, everything that is inside the rectangle will be selected.
To move one or more objects on the plan using the mouse
At any time you can hit [Esc] to cancel the operation.
To move one or more objects on the plan using the keyboard
All contained objects will automatically be moved with their parent objects.
Please note that all plan objects are automatically snapped to a grid.
There exist two shortcuts for your convenience:
To modify the shape of a plan object you need to select it. This will activate the handles to modify its shape. To do so, press the left mouse button over one of the handles and keep it pressed while you drag the handle to the new position. You will see a feedback giving you a preview of the result.
When you release the left mouse button, the handle will be moved to the new position and the shape of the figure or graphical supplement will be updated.
Please note that all handles are automatically snapped to a grid.
To add a new point to a plan element...
You can hit [Esc] at any time to cancel the operation.
To delete a point, select the plan element whose point you wish to delete, move the mouse pointer over the handle of the point you wish to delete, right-click the handle and choose Delete point in the context popup menu.
Please note that you cannot delete every point of a plan element.
In the context popup you will find the entries
It is possible to change the line and fill color of a plan element by using the style helpers in the Editor-Toolbar.
For plan elements that have a text you may also modify the color and alignment of the text.
Tell me how to change the color...To cut a plan element or a group of plan elements select them and
To copy a plan element or a group of plan elements select them and
To paste a previously cut or copied selection
You will see a preview with a red outline of the plan elements to be pasted. You may now position the plan elements and confirm the paste operation with a click of the left mouse button. You may cancel the operation by pressing the [Esc] key.
Please note that all plan objects are automatically snapped to a grid.
To duplicate a plan element or a group of plan elements, simply select the plan elements you wish to duplicate and press [Ctrl] + D.
You will see a preview with the red outline of the plan elements to be inserted. You may now position the plan elements and confirm the duplication operation with a click of the left mouse button. You may also cancel this operation by pressing the [Esc] key.
Please note that all plan objects are automatically snapped to a grid and that duplication is only available for plan elements, but not e.g. for graphical supplements.
Currently you can only delete entire plan elements. You cannot (with some exceptions) delete particular lines or graphical supplements of a plan element.
To delete a plan element or a group of plan elements, simply select those you wish to delete and press the button [Del] or select Delete in the context menu.
To undo the last operation, select Undo in the Edit menu of Eclipse™'s main menu or click the undo button in the icon bar or press [Ctrl] + Z.
To redo the last undone operation, select Redo in the Edit menu of Eclipse™'s main menu or click the redo button in the icon bar or press [Ctrl] + Y.
Please note that you cannot undo or redo changes of the zoom level.
To display the context popup menu for a plan object or a group of plan objects, select them and press the right mouse button.
