Selecting objects including ones in groups for stretching
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Bug Description
This is a feature request for an object selection function (all or using a rubber band) including objects, which are inside groups/subgroups.
I have a fairly large drawing, which I'd like to stretch, that is move some of its objects away from the rest of the drawing. This process should maintain any path segments between both parts of the drawing.
To achieve this, I normally do the following:
1. select all objects,
2. switch to the node editing tool,
3. select nodes, which I'd like to move away from the rest of the diagram,
4. drag (or Alt-drag) them.
However, this method fails if there are any groups in the diagram. That's because step 1 selects groups, not elements inside them and, because of that, step 2 fails to select any nodes in the internal objects.
After step 1 I can of course use Ctrl+Shift+click to add all the internal objects to the selection but that's a rather tedious process because I have to find and click on all the objects one by one.
Alternatively, I'd like to learn about a more idiomatic way of achieving the same goal (stretching a drawing).
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> Alternatively, I'd like to learn about a more idiomatic way of achieving the same goal (stretching a drawing).
Beyond the scope of a bug tracker - please use one of the available support resources to discuss such questions with other inkscape users and developers, e.g.
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