"Lasso" Equivalent in Hammer?

I feel ashamed to be asking such a simple question, but the solution would help me considerably. If I wanted to select a group of objects in hammer, much like the lasso tool in some programs, instead of indiviudally selecting each brush and entity individually, how might I do that? Once again, if the solution is really simple, I apologize.

in your 2D view, drag a selection box around the objects you want to select. finetune that selection box in your other 2d views. then press enter. everything that was in that selection box is now selected. you can deselect objects you didnt want by pressing control+leftmouse on them in the 3d view

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