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Selecting Elements

 There are several operations you perform in WebObjects Builder that require you to select an element, such as copying, deleting, inspecting, or "wrapping" one element inside another.

You select text elements as you would in most text-editing applications: by dragging, or by double-clicking words, or by triple-clicking lines, or by Shift-clicking. The selected text appears shaded.

Some elements (such as text fields and text areas) can be selected simply by clicking them; they appear with a line underneath.

Other elements (such as tables) require you to click outside the element and drag across it in order to select it.

To select a range of elements, drag across them, or press the Shift key while clicking at the end of the range.

Hiding Editing Marks

Just like you might do in a word processor, you can hide the editing marks, the special graphics that denote returns and WOForm boundaries, by choosing Hide Editing Marks from the Format menu. Choose Show Editing Marks to display them again.

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