Oh, thanks for the suggestion on "touch select"!

On the other hand: So much to _discoverable_ and following _the principle of
least surprise_.... as mentioned in the Comment #4 (link above).

Cheers, M

Dear Support, dear users, I would like to suggest a feature that is not yet available in Inkscape, but is pretty useful in other program called SolidWorks. The feature is as follows: If the selection rectangle is dragged from bottom-right to top-left, then only those elements are selected, which are...

Select the rectangle, and shift-click to colour: none

Or, in Fill and Stroke -> Stroke Paint -> No Paint

Cheers, M