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Bug 106167

Summary: Partial selection should select
Product: [Tools] GEF Reporter: Lee Lowry <llowry>
Component: GEF-Legacy Draw2dAssignee: gef-inbox <gef-inbox>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3 CC: nyssen
Version: 3.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
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Description Lee Lowry CLA 2005-08-05 11:13:19 EDT 
When selecting Draw 2D items (drag mouse select), you must enclose an item in 
its ENTIRETY for it to be selected.  This is contrary to the way other 
selections of this sort work (e.g., the Windows desktop, the Mac finder, ...)  
There should be some "minimal" portion of an item, that when included in a 
drag box selection, it will cause the entire object to be selected.
Comment 1 Randy Hudson CLA 2005-08-08 10:47:15 EDT 
The current behavior is consistent with both Microsoft PowerPoint and Visio. Is 
there any reason why the OS behavior is better?
Comment 2 Alexander Nyßen CLA 2010-11-30 16:58:10 EST 
The respective behavior can be realized by using a MarqueeSelectionTool of the new "TOUCHED" behavior kinds, as introduced in bug #67991. Therefore, closing this as duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 67991 ***