Select & transform — Moving, scaling and flipping objects
How do I select an object?
Section titled “How do I select an object?”Switch to Select on the tool rail, then tap an object on the canvas — its inspector opens automatically (a run/satin/fill/blend inspector depending on its kind) and handles appear around it.
How do I select more than one object?
Section titled “How do I select more than one object?”Drag out a marquee across the canvas. Selection is shape-aware rather than purely bounding-box based, so a marquee that just grazes a ring’s bounding box (like the empty middle of a letter “O”) won’t accidentally pull it in.
What can I do with the on-canvas handles?
Section titled “What can I do with the on-canvas handles?”- Drag inside the shape — move it
- Drag a corner handle — scale uniformly
- Drag an edge handle — stretch along a single axis only (available on Fill, Run and Satin objects)
- Rotate handle — rotate freely
- Flip — horizontal or vertical mirroring of the selection, also from the handles
None of these are sliders in a panel — they’re all direct manipulation on the canvas itself, which is why there’s no separate “Transform” menu to look for.
What’s in the Selection Action Bar?
Section titled “What’s in the Selection Action Bar?”A small floating bar that appears near your selection with the object- or group-level actions relevant to what you’ve selected — Join, Sashiko, Holes, Knife, Border, Blend, Overlaps, Fit under border, Convert, Copy/Paste style, and Delete. Which buttons appear depends on the selection’s kind — see Cut, combine & convert for what each one does.