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How to edit a box so that it's not selected when clicking inside it?

(I can still select it by clicking its edge.)

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I've been searching for a long time and can't find a way.

Later, when I was testing randomly on my own, I found a way.

  1. Set the two graphics as a group, enter image description here
  2. Then display the group lines, enter image description here
  3. Then delete the two graphics in the group.

Attention ! When deleting, only click on those two graphics, do not click on the outer frame. enter image description here Deng Deng~

You get a perfect outer frame. Clicking the area inside the outer frame will not let the outer frame be clicked.

You can change the line to a dotted line and then put it in scratchpad for next time use. (^.^) enter image description here

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  • Well, that was certainly clever! Thank you!
    – Davide Andrea
    Sep 18 at 16:21
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It's been a while, but I was searching for an answer. I searched and fiddled around and for me the Pointer Events do the trick. You can find it under Style of the object. Nested rectangles

This makes the outer rectangle selectable only by clicking on the actual line. And makes the internal rectangle selectable even if background.

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  • Unfortunately it seems that a lot of shapes do not have this property
    – Witko
    Mar 25, 2021 at 19:25
  • So it is connected to the fill property (checkbox). If its not selected, the Pointer Events property is visible.
    – Witko
    Mar 25, 2021 at 19:32
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If the shape is transparent to clicks you can right-click the perimeter and select "edit", or press either F2 or Enter while the shape is selected to start editing.

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  • Thanks, but that's not what I asked.
    – Davide Andrea
    Jan 7, 2017 at 13:15
  • Please clarify the question, it isn't clear in its current form.
    – Thomas the Tank Engine
    Apr 1, 2018 at 15:42
  • I want to be able to click inside a shape, without selecting it. For example, if I use a rectangle ("Line" selected, "Fill" deselected" ) to enclose other shapes, I want to be able to click inside the perimeter of that rectangle, and the rectangle itself is not selected. You say "If the shape is transparent to clicks"... I want the shape to be transparent to clicks: how do I do that? Unselecting "fill: does not do that.
    – Davide Andrea
    Apr 3, 2018 at 17:07

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