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.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Visio 2016 / Visio Options / Advanced / Editing Options
Policy ID e81c0bf7e1f5
Internal name L_Selectshapespartiallywithinarea

Registry

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) = 0

Policy 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.

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