Feature request: Path to select other paths

[Pyrosopher]

Example of use:
I'm trying to achieve a similar effect to that of a colour-blindness test - a cloud of circles with some a different colour:

http://colorvisiontesting.com/democard.gif

I want to approximate a letter shape, so I want to use whole circles, some of which will go outside the bounds of the font. I don't want to cut bits off circles, so using the letter shape as a clipping mask isn't appropriate.

Presently, it is a laborious task selecting the circles I want, using selection boxes and the (excellent) touch selection tool.

The ideal solution would be selecting all objects which overlap the font shape on that layer.

I've encountered a few other situations when this selection technique would have saved a lot of clicking or where I wouldn't have missed an object from my selection (usually due to a filter effect making the object much larger than it appears).

I think there might be other creative applications opened up by creating a path specifically to select other paths.

Thanks for your time!

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Duplicate or variation of Bug #894330 “Select everything within path”?

(Possible modes of such a 'Select by Path' tool:
- select all within
- select all within and overlapping)

[Pyrosopher (pyrosopher)]

Agreed, duplicate and variation. Sorry I missed it when I checked.

Thanks,

Rob

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Linking as duplicate to Bug #894330 “Select everything within path”.