select

Designates the paint tool used to select a rectangular area of an image.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server, mobile OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android Introduced: 1.0 Security:

# Syntax

select

# Examples

choose select tool

# Description

Use the select keyword to select an area of an image.

When using the Select tool, the cursor is a crosshairs shape. This tool is used to select a rectangle in an image, by clicking one corner and dragging to the opposite corner.

You can drag a selected rectangle to another location in the image or cut, copy, or delete it.

# Tags

# See

- **command:** choose, select, revRotatePoly - **glossary:** keyword, paint tool - **keyword:** image