allows you to select and work with entire items or groups of items.The Select Shape Tool allows you to select and work with entire items or groups of items.
To select items with the Select Shape Tool:
To add or remove items from the selection, hold down the <Shift> key while clicking or dragging.
Selecting an item in a group will add (or remove) all the items in the group to the selection.
Double-click an item to both select it and open a properties editor for the item.
To move the selected items using the mouse:
Pressing the <Shift> key down will constrain the movement to one of the main compass directions:
Feedback about how far items are moved is provided in the Status Bar Current Action Indicator:
To move items using the keyboard, the Graphic Editor must have keyboard focus. The Graphic Editor shows gray selection handles if the keyboard focus is not on the editor:
To set the keyboard focus to the Graphic Editor do one of the following:
Use the arrow keys to move selected items 1 grid unit at a time.
To move items 10 grid units at a time, holding the shift key down while pressing an arrow key.
To resize the selected items:
The cursor will change to one of these shapes when placed in the correct location:
| Cursor | Comment |
|---|---|
 | Resize the width |
 | Resize the height |
 | Resize the width and height |
 | Resize the width and height |
Pressing the <Shift> key down will maintain the aspect ratio of the item. Pressing the <Alt> key down will resize items relative to the center.
Feedback about how much the selected items are scaled is provided in the Status Bar Current Action Indicator.
A shape, image, or group containing only shapes and images, can be freely rotated in Select Shape Mode.
To rotate the selected items:
The cursor will change to one of these shapes when placed in the correct location:
| Cursor | Comment |
|---|---|
 | Rotate using the top left corner |
 | Rotate using the top right corner |
 | Rotate using the bottom left corner |
 | Rotate using the bottom right corner |
Pressing the <Shift> key down will round the rotation angle to a multiple of 45°.
As you rotate the selection, feedback about the rotation angle is provided in the Status Bar Current Action Indicator.
Each item has a translation center shown on the canvas by 
.
The translation center provides the reference position for:
The Translation Center is only shown when you have a single shape selected.
To move the Translation Center to a new location:
when positioned correctly).As you move the translation center, feedback about how far you have moved it is provided in the Status Bar Current Action Indicator:
For how to use the select point tool to edit the points that define the position of items.
For the different tools available to edit graphic pages.
For a complete list of keyboard shortcuts.
For information about editing graphic pages in Fernhill SCADA.
For the meaning of terms used in Fernhill SCADA.