# Select and move multiple canvas elements

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/select-and-move-multiple-canvas-elements/178293>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** canvas\
**Created:** [April 24, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/select-and-move-multiple-canvas-elements/178293 "2019-04-24T15:53:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![rcodestuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rcodestuff](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rcodestuff)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/select-and-move-multiple-canvas-elements/178293/1 "2019-04-24T15:53:08Z")

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Hi ,  
I am using version 6.6.2. Currently I can select and move one element at a time in canvas.  
Is it possible to select multiple elements and move them all at once? Or select all elements in a region drawn by mouse movement?

I have created multiple markdown elements, I am changing my canvas layout and now need to move all these elements. Moving them one at a time is a bit cumbersome. Was hoping there was a way to select them all and move it in one go.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![LizaD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lizad/32/51074_2.png) [@LizaD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LizaD)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/select-and-move-multiple-canvas-elements/178293/2 "2019-04-24T15:56:49Z")

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@Catherine_Liu can you help with this?

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**Author:** ![Catherine\_Liu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/catherine_liu/32/34294_2.png) [@Catherine\_Liu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Catherine_Liu)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/select-and-move-multiple-canvas-elements/178293/3 "2019-04-30T19:30:25Z")

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@rcodestuff Yes, you can select multiple elements by holding down `shift` and clicking on the elements. You can then press `G` to group them and also press `U` to ungroup a grouped element. Whether they are grouped or not, you can resize and position all of your selected elements at once.

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**Author:** ![rcodestuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rcodestuff](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rcodestuff)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/select-and-move-multiple-canvas-elements/178293/4 "2019-04-30T20:48:46Z")

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Thank You.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/select-and-move-multiple-canvas-elements/178293/5 "2019-05-28T20:48:57Z")

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