Inclusive vs. Exclusive selection.

[foofoodog]

SketchUp had a feature, IIRC, where if you drag the selection from top to bottom all items that are even partially in the lasso are selected, as layerling does now. Alternatively if you dragged the selection from bottom to top only items that are completely in the lasso are selected. It was good for grabbing a part from a cluster of parts. Perhaps a toggle option in settings, defaults to current behavior.

[henmedia]

@foofoodog, welcome, and thank you for the idea. Today the frame selects everything it touches, in whichever direction you drag it, and there is no choice for that yet. What you describe from SketchUp is a good way to pick one part out of a cluster.

Two ways it could work: a setting for the frame, either "everything it touches" (as now) or "only what it encloses", or the SketchUp way, where the direction of the drag decides. Which one would you want, or both as choices in the settings?

If you'd like to support the project, you can do that at https://layerling.com/support.html - it is very welcome.

[foofoodog]

I think the sketchup way, direction of drag decides it, though, it is not super intuitive, once you know, you know, so an option somewhere to toggle it on for the pros 😜 .

[henmedia]

@foofoodog, thank you. I built it as a switch in the settings (area Appearance), off by default, so the frame works as it does now unless you turn it on. When it is on, the direction decides as in SketchUp and CAD programs: a frame dragged from left to right selects only what lies completely inside it, a frame dragged from right to left selects everything it touches. The frame is drawn with a solid line in the first case and a dashed line in the second. It comes with the next release.

[henmedia]

@foofoodog, the switch for the frame is in 1.83.0: in the settings, area Appearance, off by default. Reload the page to get it; the installed app needs a restart. Tell me if it works as in SketchUp for you.