# Lasso selection

When you want to make a draw or lasso selection, you must first click inside the visualization and turn on lasso selection by clicking the lasso icon the Lasso icon at the top of the visualization. On a computer, you can also press Shift and make the selection.

You draw a freehand circle to capture and select data points.

Selection of values made in a scatter plot using lasso selection.

Selection of values made in a scatter plot using lasso selection.

Selection of values made in a scatter plot using lasso selection. ![Scatter plot with lasso selection.](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Resources/Images/ui_gen_LoopSelection.png)

Your lasso selections only include visible data points. For charts using a continuous axis, data points not visible in the chart will be excluded, even if they are within the area being selected.