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User 2906089 Photo


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How do I select multiple elements? Most programs you hit the ctrl-a keys and everything on your page is selected and you can copy or delete or whatever. When I do this in SD nothing happens.

I did find that you can use the select all option once you are in text mode, but that is not what I'm looking for. What am I missing?

Help is appreciated for this noob!
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I think SD allows you to select as long as its a parent element.
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User 2906089 Photo


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<body> is the parent element to all elements, so why not be able to do a multiple grab? Am I understanding what you are saying?
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The easiest way to tell if an element is copy-able is if there's the duplicate option within the tab that opens when you click on an element.
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It's easy to overlook something you're not looking for.

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User 2906089 Photo


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But the key word is "multiple" selection. Say I wanted to use a theme that has a bunch of things that I don't want, right now I have to click each item and then click the garbage icon to delete a single tag. If I wanted to use standard windows commands, I would be able to use the ctrl key or shift key to select multiple items. As I'm bumbling around SD that does not seem to be possible. Is that correct?

Thanks for your time.
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User 2088758 Photo


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You are correct you cannot delete multiple elements unless you delete the container/wrapper they are in. You will know that by the little right facing triangle beside each container.
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