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                    Move, hide, or invert a selection
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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WS15A383D9-ECBA-49f9-954C-9B7EF7795712a"><h1 class="topictitle1">Move a selection border</h1>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76eea"><h1 class="topictitle1">Control the movement of a selection</h1>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76eda"><h1 class="topictitle1">Hide or show selection edges</h1>
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</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>You can move a selection border around
an image, hide a selection border, and invert a selection so that
the previously unselected part of the image is selected.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>To
move the selection itself, not the selection border, use the Move
tool. See <a href="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76d8a.html">Move a selection</a>.</div>
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<div id="WS15A383D9-ECBA-49f9-954C-9B7EF7795712a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS15A383D9-ECBA-49f9-954C-9B7EF7795712a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Move a selection border</h3><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Using any selection tool, select New
Selection&#160;<img src="images/P_NewNormal_Md_N.png" /> from
the options bar, and position the pointer inside the selection border.
The pointer changes&#160;<img src="images/selecmov.png" /> to indicate
that you can move the selection.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Drag the border to enclose a different area of the image.
You can drag a selection border partly beyond the canvas boundaries.
When you drag it back, the original border reappears intact. You
can also drag the selection border to another image window.</span> <div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="se_05" src="images/se_05.png" /><div class="figdesc">Original selection border (left), and selection border moved
(right)</div><br /></div><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />You can apply geometric
transformations to change the shape of a selection border.</div></li>
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<div id="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76eea" class="nochunk"><a name="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76eea"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Control the movement of a selection</h3><div><ul><li><span>To constrain the direction
to multiples of 45°, begin dragging, and then hold down Shift as
you continue to drag. </span></li>
<li><span>To move the selection in 1‑pixel increments, use an arrow
key. </span></li>
<li><span>To move the selection in 10‑pixel increments, hold down
Shift, and use an arrow key.</span></li>
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<div id="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76eda" class="nochunk"><a name="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76eda"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Hide or show selection edges</h3><div><div class="section"><p>Do one of the following:</p>
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<ul><li><span>Choose View&#160;&gt; Extras. This
command shows or hides selection edges, grids, guides, target paths,
slices, annotations, layer borders, count, and smart guide.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose
View&#160;&gt; Show&#160;&gt; Selection Edges. This toggles
the view of the selection edges and affects the current selection
only. The selection edges reappear when you make a different selection.</span></li>
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<div id="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76eca" class="nochunk"><a name="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76eca"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Select the unselected parts of an image</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Choose
Select&#160;&gt; Inverse.</span> <div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />You can use this option to select an object
placed against a solid-colored background. Select the background
using the Magic Wand tool and then inverse the selection. </div></div>
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