No Multiple Selection of Locked Objects

[PeterT]

In VectorWorks 11.5.0 and 11.5.1, when one object is already selected, shift-clicking on a locked object will not select the object.

I tested this in VW 11.0.1, and multiple selection works fine with locked objects. This seems to be a bug in 11.5 only.

[Guest]

Peter -

This is a known OS issue. Information can be found at apple.com in the knowledge base.

To resolve the problem, run Disk Utility and restart the computer.

[PeterT]

Hi Katie,

Thank you for responding.

I repaired disk permissions, restarted my Mac, and immediatly launched VW 11.5.1. I drew two rectangles, locked them, selected one of them, and shift clicked on the second. Still no selection.

I also searched the Apple Knowledge Base with such key words as "locked objects", "selection of objects", "multiple object selection" and found nothing related to the issue I am reporting.

Isn't the locking of objects part of the VectorWorks interface? How can this be an operating system issue.

I have many VectorWorks versions on my Mac, and testing on the same operating system (OS 10.3.9), VW versions 9.5.3, 10.5.1, and 11.0.1 all allow the shift selection of multiple locked objects. Only version 11.5 does not allow this.

Doesn't this imply the issue is with VW 11.5 and not OS 10.3.9?