# Canvas: Selection

> Clicking, marquee and the selection chrome.

Glider documentation · The Editor · Web page: https://cgglider.com/docs/canvas/selection/

Sections of this page: [Navigation](https://cgglider.com/docs/canvas.md) · [Selection](https://cgglider.com/docs/canvas/selection.md) · [Transform](https://cgglider.com/docs/canvas/transform.md) · [Snapping & guides](https://cgglider.com/docs/canvas/snapping.md) · [Grouping & the context menu](https://cgglider.com/docs/canvas/ordering.md) · [Clipboard](https://cgglider.com/docs/canvas/clipboard.md)

| Gesture | Result |
| --- | --- |
| Click a component | Selects it. |
| Shift / Ctrl / Cmd + click | Adds to or removes from the selection. |
| Drag on empty canvas | Marquee-selects everything the rectangle touches. |
| Drag a marquee to the viewport edge | Auto-scrolls while you keep dragging. |
| Click empty canvas | Clears the selection. |
| Right-click a component | Selects it (a right click inside the selection keeps the selection) and opens its context menu. |
| Right-click empty canvas | Clears the selection and opens the canvas menu: Paste, Select All, zoom. |
| Alt / Option + click, one item selected | Clips that item into the item under the pointer, moving it directly in front. Alt-click the same base again to release. The two items have to share a group. |
| Click a part a mask or clip hides | Passes through to whatever is visible there. |

A small drag threshold keeps an accidental two-pixel wobble from starting a marquee. The selection's actions live in the right-click context menu.

> **Note:** Locked scenes and locked nodes cannot be selected for transform. Unlock them in the Scene Panel first.

![A multi-selection with its context menu open.](https://cgglider.com/docs-shots/canvas-selection.png)