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select many items in the canvas with mouse area selection

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Jacky on 01 Apr 2016 01:41:23

Assuming I want to select several items in the canvas for design purpose, instead of select everyone with Ctrl + mouse selection, it would be nice feature to have the ability to drag the mouse over several items, and by doing that select them all

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429ed0a8 ffb7-48d1-84fb-4e0c7d217c51 on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:27

RE: select many items in the canvas with mouse area selection

It is enormously frustrating to have to Ctrl+Click on multiple items - foundation-level basic functionality that's sorely missing.

To add, the performance of Ctrl+Click is nuts - Once I get ot 2x selected items, the next one takes 10+ seconds!

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fcfc6f58 7a91-42d4-afe7-b3524119ebcb on 05 Jul 2020 23:36:16

RE: select many items in the canvas with mouse area selection

yes, this will be great

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df8c9c85 c3e6-4860-8dc3-58861ad8b759 on 05 Jul 2020 23:24:04

RE: select many items in the canvas with mouse area selection

Qlik View has this functionality and it is very appreciated by customers. Mandatory asap.

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21739c2a 6c6d-41e1-82df-a31b6f887879 on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:56

RE: select many items in the canvas with mouse area selection

Dual posted: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/17220260-desktop-group-objects-and-drag-to-select

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ddaa89fe 3d00-4589-bcb2-193172b80ee6 on 05 Jul 2020 23:10:00

RE: select many items in the canvas with mouse area selection

Mandatory

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2c6e589e e3e3-4252-b618-033e17886aa7 on 05 Jul 2020 22:40:36

RE: select many items in the canvas with mouse area selection

Agree!

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829b42e1 47e4-48b1-9cb3-5a01a08457c4 on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:27

RE: select many items in the canvas with mouse area selection

It is really important to get this. It turns a nightmare when we have dozens of elements to work on.

Pls support this idea.

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bd863e4a 22f3-4316-9da2-55100b5cccd4 on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:42

RE: select many items in the canvas with mouse area selection

It's very important also for me!

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b7970aeb 529d-4e05-9fdb-1d8062f2c4be on 05 Jul 2020 22:23:16

RE: select many items in the canvas with mouse area selection

Agreed, this is really handy, especially with more complex reports. Also, enabling ctrl-A for select all is important.

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1f7f2711 5819-e611-80e2-c4346bad91c4 on 05 Jul 2020 22:22:39

RE: select many items in the canvas with mouse area selection

This is quite important. Not only for designing reports, but tableau also allows mouse area selection for points in a map, for example.