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Common Selection Bounds
Multiple selections share one bounding box.
Best experienced with a pointer.
The problem
Per-item handles make multi-select feel like many objects instead of one operable group.
The solution
Union bounds act as one grab target so the whole selection moves together.
Experiment
Play with the values
8px
4px
How it works
- Every selected item's rectangle is collected.
- Those rectangles are unioned into one bounding box.
- The shared box is what the user grabs, instead of a single item's frame.
- Dragging the box moves every selected item by the same delta.
- After the move, the union is recomputed so the frame still wraps the selection.
Seen in
Vector editors
Multi-selected paths share one frame for group move.
Slide builders
Grouped objects use a common box instead of overlapping handles.
Whiteboard apps
Sticky notes and shapes move as a single selection unit.
Layout tools
Selecting several frames exposes one operable bounds rect.