The drag-direction method will defeat the purpose of this feature in a great many cases, because you're trying to avoid selecting certain objects. Sometimes that requires coming at the drawing from a particular direction.
The hotkey method forces users to treat this selection method as somehow exceptional, when in fact it should be the default. At the very least, it should be PERSISTENTLY SETTABLE.
Also, Shift and Ctrl/Command can't be used because they're already used to extend, add to, or subtract from an existing selection.
NO hotkey or drag-direction requirement, please.
The drag-direction method will defeat the purpose of this feature in a great many cases, because you're trying to avoid selecting certain objects. Sometimes that requires coming at the drawing from a particular direction.
The hotkey method forces users to treat this selection method as somehow exceptional, when in fact it should be the default. At the very least, it should be PERSISTENTLY SETTABLE.
Also, Shift and Ctrl/Command can't be used because they're already used to extend, add to, or subtract from an existing selection.