Due to limitations in the implementation some operations on single objects in a selection were still only modifying the single object. Since dia 0.97 these inconsistency got resolved so the properties dialog allows to change multiple objects properties at once - without first grouping them.
Also the single objects handles change behaviour in a selection (shown by slightly dimming them). Instead of resizing the single object they can just be used to move the whole selection an align it on the grid, see snap to grid for details.
![[Tip]](tip.png)
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When pulling up the properties dialog, be sure not to double-click on the blank canvas or all of the objects will be deselected. |