Figure selection method, figure selection device, and storage medium storing figure selection program

A figure selection method and device including a retrieval operation of a figure element adjacent to a designated figure element where a figure is formed by a plurality of figure elements. According to an aspect of the present invention, the retrieval operation is configured to retrieve a figure element neighboring the designated figure element such that the designation is automatically accomplished without individually designating each of the figure elements neighboring the designated figure element. The retrieval operation is further configured to perform a retrieval process a predetermined number of times such that figure elements adjacent to or in the neighborhood of figure elements are automatically designated the predetermined number of times. Further, the figure selection method of the present invention includes displaying the figure element retrieved by the retrieval operation according to a style different from that of other figure elements, and allows the automatically-designated figure elements to be distinguished from other figure elements. Further, a computer-readable storage medium of the present invention stores a figure selection program to retrieve a figure element adjacent to the designated figure element in a storage medium storing a figure selection program for selecting a figure formed by a plurality of figure elements. Accordingly, designation is automatically accomplished without the need to individually designate figure elements adjacent to the designated figure element.