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Live 'solid' drag, rotate and resize

Xara X offers the world's first live solid drag, rotate and resize of objects, for the ultimate in WYSIWYG editing. That means that as you reposition, resize or rotate an object the whole object moves, rather than just an outline, making it far easier to judge the effect of your edits in real time.

Xara X uses drag-and-drop extensively. Move the mouse over an item, drag the item to the required position and release the mouse button to drop it. You will see the entire object move in real time, to allow for easy placement of items in your document. If you wish to just seen an outline of an object as you move it (which may be quicker, if the object is complex) press the tab key whilst dragging. You can press the tab key again to go back to solid drag.

You can see the solid drag status in the bottom right of the Xara X window:

indicates that solid drag is currently turned on. indicates that solid drag is currently turned off.