Making shape non-selectable

If you find it annoying to move some shapes carelessly or select some shapes accidentally, the selectable/non-selectable feature would be your ideal trouble-shooter. This page is going to teach you how to make shapes non-selectable or even change them back to selectable with only few clicks.

Changing the shape to non-selectable

1. Right click on the selected shape(s), uncheck Selection > Selectable from the pop-up menu.
   

   Uncheck selectable for the selected shape

2. After the shape is non-selectable, click the shape cannot make it to be selected. Neither will the shape be selected by mouse dragging on diagram.
3. Therefore, the non-selectable shape(s) will not be moved when other shapes are moved.

Changing the shape to selectable again

To make the shape selectable again, right click on the non-selectable shape and select Selectable from the pop-up menu.

Select Selectable

Setting all shapes to selectable or non-selectable

To makes all shapes on the diagram to be selectable or non-selectable, right click on the diagram background, select Diagram Content and then select Make All Shapes Selectable if you want all shapes on the diagram to be selectable or select Make All Shapes Non-Selectable if you want all shapes to be non-selectable from the pop-up menu.

Select Make All Shapes Selectable