qgis/QGIS — pull request #933 by nyalldawson (2013-10-14 11:27:46+00:00)
Title: [FEATURE] Marquee select for composer items

Allows for marquee selection of composer items using the mouse

Holding shift adds to a selection, control subtracts from a selection, and holding alt can be used to switch to "contains" rather then "intersects" selection mode.