get the elements lying in a rectangular area

[Anonymous]

Hi 🙂

Is there a way to query the element-database with a rectangular area?
The result should be the elements which are inside the query-rectangle.

Has anyone a hint how to achieve this?

I found "ACAPI_Selection_SetMarquee", but the docu says:
"The function has no effect on the individual selection of elements."
If the addon could select the elements inside the marque-area, the elements could be retrieved by ACAPI_Selection_Get.
But i don't know how or whether this is possible.

I hope someone has a hint for me 🙂

regards,
John

[Anonymous]

In answer to your questions: yes, yes, and yes

I do this like you describe and it works fine. I have no idea what they mean by that statement, maybe it will not unselect any already selected elements???