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<@U01H2JMLFLL> yes, you can, just place the symbol that borders the schematic and add to this instance a 'lock=true' attribute. This makes the border unselectable, unless you drag with the mouse an area that covers the whole border. See example border title-2.sym in devices/

<@U01819B63HP>, are you able to make it so that if you try to insert a symbol which is defined as locked it is peaceable just like any other non-locked symbol? I'm not sure how difficult that is, but at the moment it seems that if you insert a symbol which has the above attribute defined it immediately places on the schematic.

<@U01H2JMLFLL> I have committed a fix for this. Thank you for pointing this out. Please update xschem and test if you have time.

Thank you <@U01819B63HP>! I will give it a try later and let you know

<@U01819B63HP>, I can't find a way of selecting the border to change its properties without first selecting everything inside it, moving it outside, and then selecting the border. If I don't do that then everything is selected (as expected) and editing the properties then sets those properties for everything which is not desirable at all. Can you think of a way of selecting the locked border only which doesn't require you to move everything within it elsewhere first? Tom

<@U01H2JMLFLL> you can select all dragging the mouse around the border, then unselect everything inside by dragging a rectangle inside the border with &lt;Alt&gt; key pressed.