Policy
Select shapes partially within area
If you select shapes by using a selection net(dragging a box around shapes on the drawing page), you can change the selection settings to also include shapes that are partially within the selection net.
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Visio 2016 / Visio Options / Advanced / Editing Options
Policy ID
e81c0bf7e1f5Internal name
L_SelectshapespartiallywithinareaRegistry
Copy registry mappings
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\visio\application\areaselection (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\visio\application\areaselection (disabled) = 0Policy notes
If you select shapes by using a selection net(dragging a box around shapes on the drawing page), you can change the selection settings to also include shapes that are partially within the selection net.