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Selection tool in i3ANNOTATE

This is a sub-tool of the Tool menu in i3ANNOTATE. Learn more about where to find this here:

What's in the menus of i3ANNOTATE

Selection tool

Whilst in the annotation tool, on the top left side you should see this menu. The first icon is the selection tool. There are two selection tools available:

  • Pointer Select tool allows you to select a single object and also allows you to pan around the canvas.

  • Box Select tool allows you to drag a rectangle around the objects that you want to select.

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Selected objects menu

When you select one or more objects, you should see these items appear. Tap on the link below to jump to that section in this article:

  1. Bounding box

  2. Actions menu

  3. Features menu

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Bounding box

The bounding box allows you to scale or transform the selected object(s). You can scale from any of the four corners. Rotating can be done by holding down and moving the rotation handle in the desired direction.


Actions menu

The Actions menu helps you to lock, duplicate, copy-paste and delete the selected object(s).§

Actions menu: Lock

Locked objects cannot be selected or deleted, nor can their features be changed until they are unlocked again. The action is easy to perform. Select one or more objects, hit the Lock icon in the Actions menu, and the object is locked. It’ll show you visually by adding a small Lock icon at the corner of the object when you try to select it: Screenshot 2025-12-05 at 15.39.20.png

When locking the object, you may also have noticed that the Actions menu informs you how to unlock it:

You might also see a Paste icon next to it, if you previously copied an object.

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Actions menu: Duplicate

Duplicate instantly creates a new instance of the selected object(s) in front of them.

Actions menu: Copy or Paste

You can copy the selected object(s) and paste them later on the same or on a new page. Just like the Locking action, the Actions menu will briefly show you how to paste an object once you copied it.

Long press anywhere on the canvas and a Paste icon will appear. Select Paste and a copy of the object will be pasted on that position.

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Actions menu: Delete

This action deletes the selected object(s) from the canvas.


Features menu

This Features menu will allow you to change the selected objects' features, like line thickness and color. Pick a color and all the selected objects will change to the selected color.

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