Select something on the canvas and a toolbar appears next to it, holding the actions that apply to what you have selected. It is contextual: it shows up only when there is a selection, and its contents change to match.
What it offers
- One element selected: the styling and actions for that element: colours and borders, text and font, layer order, links and comments, lock, duplicate, and delete. The exact set depends on the element kind (a shape, an arrow, an image, and a data element each expose what is relevant to them).
- Several elements selected: the actions that make sense across a group: a More menu of selection actions, plus Filter, Duplicate, Group, Lock, Export, and Delete. This is the fastest way to act on a whole cluster of elements at once.
When a selection mixes element kinds, the Filter button narrows it by type, so you can marquee over a busy area and keep, say, just the arrows before acting on them.
The toolbar follows your selection so the controls are always close to what they affect, and disappears the moment you deselect, handing the canvas back.
Copy one element's look onto others with the format painter, reachable from the toolbar and the palette.
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