## Grip mode

You can drag grips to perform any stretch, move, rotate, scale, or mirror operations.

The editing operation you choose to perform is called a grip mode.

Grips are small, solid-filled squares that are displayed at strategic points on objects that you have selected with a pointing device. You can drag these grips to stretch, move, rotate, scale, or mirror objects quickly.

When grips are turned on, you can select the objects you want to manipulate before entering a command, and then you can manipulate the objects with the pointing device.

Note: Grips are not displayed on objects that are on locked layers.

To copy the selected object, press and hold the Ctrl key while you’re manipulating it.

To Edit Objects Using Grips:

1. Select the object to edit.
2. Select and move grips to stretch the object.
   Note: In the case of some object grips, for example, symbol or text reference grips, stretch will move the object rather than stretch it.
3. Press Enter, Spacebar or right-click to cycle to the move, rotate, scale, or mirror grip modes.
4. Hover over a grip to view and access the multifunctional grip menu (if available).