selecting a couple of nodes by drawing a box is not possible

[Anders Lindén]

When I have selected either the first or the second tool (the F1 or F2 tool), I want to have the possibility of marking a rectangular space and get all nodes
in that rectangle selected. Now, I need to select them individually, and press exactly on nodes (ctrl-clicking them if I want to select multiple).

[su_v (suv-lp)]

works-for-me with Inkscape 0.46-2 and Inkscape 0-47pre4 on OS X 10.5.8, both for selecting objects and for selecting nodes.

@Anders - this is already implemented in Inkscape 0.46. You can find detailed information in the manual <http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Select.html> - Selecting with the Mouse:
«Shift+Left Mouse Drag: Add Objects to Collection: Add objects within the rubber band to a preexisting selection. Also inhibits selection of an object under the start of the drag (without the shift, an object under the start of a drag is selected and moved). Selected objects within the rubber band are not deselected.»

Proposing to close this report as 'Invalid'.

[Helge Hielscher (hhielscher)]

Still valid IMHO.
Selecting nodes works only on one selected object in 0.47.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

AFAIU this is a separate issue: as long as the node editor can only edit the nodes of one selected path it would not make sense to have this selection set enabled (nodes from multiple objects). You are asking for an enhanced note editor - this is work in progress (GSoC 2009) and will be merged into the trunk after the release of 0.47.

related wishlist reports:
Bug #170561 in Inkscape: “Node editing on more than one object”
Bug #171893 in Inkscape: “Join endpoints of two separate paths”
Bug #446773 in Inkscape: “Object to Path not working properly”