diff --git a/dimension.py b/dimension.py
index ceeeae6440590cc57cd3d14a285caead3d2dcd07..bde92b9ffafc560345f8e09cc5d194da5f67e21c 100755
--- a/dimension.py
+++ b/dimension.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class Dimension(pathmodifier.PathModifier):
         self.options.xoffset *= scale
         self.options.yoffset *= scale
 
-        if not self.svg.selected:
+        if not self.svg.selection:
             raise inkex.AbortExtension("Please select an object")
         if self.options.type == "geometric":
             bbox = self.svg.selection.bounding_box()
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class Dimension(pathmodifier.PathModifier):
         line.set("stroke-width", str(0.5 * scale))
         group.append(line)
 
-        for node in self.svg.selected.values():
+        for node in self.svg.selection.values():
             group.append(node)
 
         layer.append(group)
diff --git a/frame.py b/frame.py
index d1c09f8aa700704a7af592b953109e458aca3b26..a2a443869d731e1aa66a73f2d6fbbe64a6e6841b 100755
--- a/frame.py
+++ b/frame.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class Frame(inkex.EffectExtension):
         style.set_color(self.options.stroke_color, "stroke")
         layer = self.svg.get_current_layer()
 
-        for node in self.svg.selected.values():
+        for node in self.svg.selection.values():
             box = node.bounding_box()
             if self.options.position == "outside":
                 box = size_box(box, (width / 2))
diff --git a/funcplot.py b/funcplot.py
index ceb524246ec69de704d099904ef73527ad6ddfa6..9e67222afe51233118c5152857d03875e95d28ac 100755
--- a/funcplot.py
+++ b/funcplot.py
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class FuncPlot(inkex.EffectExtension):
 
     def effect(self):
         newpath = None
-        for node in self.svg.selected.values():
+        for node in self.svg.selection.values():
             if isinstance(node, Rectangle):
                 # create new path with basic dimensions of selected rectangle
                 newpath = inkex.PathElement()
diff --git a/hershey.py b/hershey.py
index 6f2b2b5a5f874f6019bba39a0265ecf0a047136c..b532e0dd8f32435c110e731b90296da8887c570c 100644
--- a/hershey.py
+++ b/hershey.py
@@ -1993,10 +1993,10 @@ Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
                 # Traverse selected objects
                 for id_ref in self.options.ids:
                     transform = self.recursive_get_encl_transform(
-                        self.svg.selected[id_ref]
+                        self.svg.selection[id_ref]
                     )
                     self.recursively_traverse_svg(
-                        [self.svg.selected[id_ref]], transform
+                        [self.svg.selection[id_ref]], transform
                     )
             else:  # Traverse entire document
                 self.recursively_traverse_svg(
diff --git a/image_attributes.py b/image_attributes.py
index 0e39bff0b492ba35ce31c291bc54f8259f9bc7a8..9b93eba2ef183b517f27eecea30d921231ceb28e 100755
--- a/image_attributes.py
+++ b/image_attributes.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class ImageAttributes(inkex.EffectExtension):
     def method_tab_basic(self):
         """Render all bitmap images like in older Inskcape versions"""
         self.change_in_document(
-            self.svg.selected,
+            self.svg.selection,
             {
                 "preserveAspectRatio": (
                     "none" if self.options.fix_scaling else "unset"
@@ -139,13 +139,13 @@ class ImageAttributes(inkex.EffectExtension):
         if self.options.aspect_clip != "unset":
             attr_val.append(self.options.aspect_clip)
         self.options.aspect_ratio_scope(
-            self.svg.selected, {"preserveAspectRatio": " ".join(attr_val)}
+            self.svg.selection, {"preserveAspectRatio": " ".join(attr_val)}
         )
 
     def method_tab_image_rendering(self):
         """Image Rendering Quality"""
         self.options.image_rendering_scope(
-            self.svg.selected, {"image-rendering": self.options.image_rendering}
+            self.svg.selection, {"image-rendering": self.options.image_rendering}
         )
 
 
diff --git a/inkex/extensions.py b/inkex/extensions.py
index 92a2e499d6dbe19b51f2f14f67aee783a0050caf..965a8f9dbdd6b720539a4cce596f98a2b37046ef 100644
--- a/inkex/extensions.py
+++ b/inkex/extensions.py
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ class TextExtension(EffectExtension):
     newpar = True
 
     def effect(self):
-        nodes = self.svg.selected or {None: self.document.getroot()}
+        nodes = self.svg.selection or {None: self.document.getroot()}
         for elem in nodes.values():
             self.process_element(elem)
 
diff --git a/interp.py b/interp.py
index a056d6e551550e8b460862da0d74d0049832f3a6..61291624f9e934c63d4a00a888fae23211b72cdc 100755
--- a/interp.py
+++ b/interp.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class Interp(inkex.EffectExtension):
             objects = self.svg.selection.rendering_order()
         else:
             # use selection order (default)
-            objects = self.svg.selected
+            objects = self.svg.selection
 
         objects = [
             node for node in objects.values() if isinstance(node, inkex.PathElement)
diff --git a/interp_att_g.py b/interp_att_g.py
index 348c2bbc29fb453913b7eba82e5bdf8fd9b942f4..0e3674aa3b021a2b9d72a7b30a9c08c5789a9749 100755
--- a/interp_att_g.py
+++ b/interp_att_g.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class InterpAttG(inkex.EffectExtension):
             # multiple selection
             if self.options.zsort:
                 return list(self.svg.selection.rendering_order().values())
-            return list(self.svg.selected.values())
+            return list(self.svg.selection.values())
 
         # must be a group
         node = self.svg.selection.filter(inkex.Group).first()
diff --git a/jessyink_autotexts.py b/jessyink_autotexts.py
index 0eef457b54b62f6279dfb83276506afa2a81349b..3509c863100d2e3c5b01e5e245ccdcc95e79d9dd 100755
--- a/jessyink_autotexts.py
+++ b/jessyink_autotexts.py
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ class AutoTexts(JessyInkMixin, inkex.EffectExtension):
     def effect(self):
         self.is_installed()
 
-        if not self.svg.selected:
+        if not self.svg.selection:
             inkex.errormsg(_("To assign an effect, please select an object.\n\n"))
 
-        for node in self.svg.selected.get(inkex.Tspan):
+        for node in self.svg.selection.get(inkex.Tspan):
             if self.options.autoText == "slideTitle":
                 node.set("jessyink:autoText", "slideTitle")
             elif self.options.autoText == "slideNumber":
diff --git a/jessyink_effects.py b/jessyink_effects.py
index f53547ab49f636dc8a112c31d3b2995706195ee1..1845339b567d2f314cfbc1de509dea42e071d89f 100755
--- a/jessyink_effects.py
+++ b/jessyink_effects.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class JessyinkEffects(JessyInkMixin, inkex.EffectExtension):
 
     def effect(self):
         self.is_installed()
-        if not self.svg.selected:
+        if not self.svg.selection:
             raise inkex.AbortExtension(
                 _(
                     "No object selected. Please select the object you want to "
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class JessyinkEffects(JessyInkMixin, inkex.EffectExtension):
                 )
             )
 
-        for elem in self.svg.selected.values():
+        for elem in self.svg.selection.values():
             self._process(elem, "effectIn")
             self._process(elem, "effectOut")
 
diff --git a/jessyink_view.py b/jessyink_view.py
index 2283d5e0bcc7d2028634194b05ca8a5c26ee076c..e50108070ced9468e1ac49e55255db61437c1cb4 100755
--- a/jessyink_view.py
+++ b/jessyink_view.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class View(JessyInkMixin, inkex.EffectExtension):
     def effect(self):
         self.is_installed()
 
-        rect = self.svg.selected.first()
+        rect = self.svg.selection.first()
 
         if rect is None:
             raise inkex.AbortExtension(
diff --git a/markers_strokepaint.py b/markers_strokepaint.py
index aa6a99d991dec8c3abe57a77f79a6ac3cedaca75..33e652beec926a2083b755ac6f2d30dbd40405b5 100755
--- a/markers_strokepaint.py
+++ b/markers_strokepaint.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class MarkersStrokePaint(inkex.EffectExtension):
         return fill, stroke
 
     def effect(self):
-        for node in self.svg.selected.values():
+        for node in self.svg.selection.values():
             fill, stroke = self.options.tab(node.style)
 
             for attr in MARKERS:
diff --git a/merge_styles.py b/merge_styles.py
index 018117d94f8acb2d3590fa887e59b52f318f9269..2e393b2ca131b1870be1d9fb700492344a7139de 100755
--- a/merge_styles.py
+++ b/merge_styles.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class MergeStyles(inkex.EffectExtension):
         if not newclass:
             newclass = self.svg.get_unique_id("css")
 
-        elements = self.svg.selected.values()
+        elements = self.svg.selection.values()
         common = None
 
         for elem in elements:
diff --git a/new_glyph_layer.py b/new_glyph_layer.py
index 983184c936e60649d28aced24bb31746dfb5c442..3e12adab314b8bcc19dcdc8a4d07d7f6eaa09bf8 100755
--- a/new_glyph_layer.py
+++ b/new_glyph_layer.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class NewGlyphLayer(inkex.EffectExtension):
 
             # TODO: make it optional ("Use current selection as template glyph")
             # Move selection to the newly created layer
-            for node in self.svg.selected.values():
+            for node in self.svg.selection.values():
                 layer.append(node)
 
 
diff --git a/param_curves.py b/param_curves.py
index 3fa309483319a98e392c184998c1fcc58d8759c3..dd903328fd96360a12a91708dcb1f7f48e720184 100755
--- a/param_curves.py
+++ b/param_curves.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class ParamCurves(inkex.EffectExtension):
         pars.add_argument("--tab", default="sampling")
 
     def effect(self):
-        for node in self.svg.selected:
+        for node in self.svg.selection:
             if isinstance(node, inkex.Rectangle):
                 # create new path with basic dimensions of selected rectangle
                 newpath = inkex.PathElement()
diff --git a/path_mesh_m2p.py b/path_mesh_m2p.py
index bb27fec3f0e64c1868fabb48e01805d50457fcf3..cb5425bd77970fb576ca4b4daa51c367f4629e71 100755
--- a/path_mesh_m2p.py
+++ b/path_mesh_m2p.py
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class MeshToPath(inkex.EffectExtension):
     def effect(self):
         """Main routine to convert mesh geometry to path data."""
         # loop through selection
-        for node in self.svg.selected.values():
+        for node in self.svg.selection.values():
             meshgradients = self.find_meshgradients(node)
             # if style references meshgradient
             if meshgradients:
diff --git a/path_to_absolute.py b/path_to_absolute.py
index 13d492927d3ebd6900e4f83805ebb63a066362da..e2f0d88866f766c85abf929c0ee0ac400d75843d 100755
--- a/path_to_absolute.py
+++ b/path_to_absolute.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class ToAbsolute(inkex.EffectExtension):
 
     def effect(self):
         """Performs the effect."""
-        for node in self.svg.selected.values():
+        for node in self.svg.selection.values():
             if not isinstance(node, inkex.PathElement):
                 node = node.replace_with(node.to_path_element())
             node.path = node.path.to_absolute().to_superpath().to_path()
diff --git a/pathmodifier.py b/pathmodifier.py
index e4716e1ad6354aa0e83571a3883200a0c8263e42..e99b4b5e4dce5177ab48cd5d86b5744f5597c610 100755
--- a/pathmodifier.py
+++ b/pathmodifier.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class PathModifier(inkex.EffectExtension):
 
     def effect(self):
         raise NotImplementedError("overwrite this method in subclasses")
-        self.objects_to_paths(self.svg.selected, True)
+        self.objects_to_paths(self.svg.selection, True)
         self.bbox = self.svg.selection.bounding_box()
         for node in self.svg.selection.filter(PathElement):
             path = node.path.to_superpath()
@@ -214,9 +214,9 @@ class Diffeo(PathModifier):
             v[1] += bpt[1]
 
     def effect(self):
-        self.expand_clones(self.svg.selected, True)
-        self.expand_groups(self.svg.selected, True)
-        self.objects_to_paths(self.svg.selected, True)
+        self.expand_clones(self.svg.selection, True)
+        self.expand_groups(self.svg.selection, True)
+        self.objects_to_paths(self.svg.selection, True)
         self.bbox = self.svg.selection.bounding_box()
         for node in self.svg.selection.filter(PathElement):
             path = node.path.to_superpath()
diff --git a/pixelsnap.py b/pixelsnap.py
index 204018af381ee169b36559af8077484e2183100f..ef0ef24b720d9d9646937a27a0ed3e4ff523e87e 100755
--- a/pixelsnap.py
+++ b/pixelsnap.py
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ class PixelSnap(inkex.EffectExtension):
             self.svg.unittouu(svg.attrib["height"]) % 1
         )  # although SVG units are absolute, the elements are positioned relative to the top of the page, rather than zero
 
-        for id, elem in self.svg.selected.items():
+        for id, elem in self.svg.selection.items():
             try:
                 self.pixel_snap(elem)
             except TransformError as err:
diff --git a/replace_font.py b/replace_font.py
index 1aff7fe04f436d7094ad4c384dc76e2839627549..98f291e967757488f97a879a7c4f9226787a75e6 100755
--- a/replace_font.py
+++ b/replace_font.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class ReplaceFont(inkex.EffectExtension):
 
         selected = self.svg
         if scope == "selection_only":
-            selected = self.svg.selected.values()
+            selected = self.svg.selection.values()
 
         for item in selected:
             items.extend(self.find_child_text_items(item))
diff --git a/restack.py b/restack.py
index 24a9080c505d7343cdee01b3dd15af020dc9404c..5e302bae3da51661ba39bb6d5ea2b9ad482977c6 100755
--- a/restack.py
+++ b/restack.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Restack(inkex.EffectExtension):
         pars.add_argument("--nb_direction", default="", help="Direction tab")
 
     def effect(self):
-        if not self.svg.selected:
+        if not self.svg.selection:
             raise inkex.AbortExtension("There is no selection to restack.")
 
         # process selection to get list of objects to be arranged
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Restack(inkex.EffectExtension):
     def restack_positional(self, parentnode):
         """Restack based on canvas position"""
         # move them to the top of the object stack in this order.
-        for node in sorted(self.svg.selected.values(), key=self._sort):
+        for node in sorted(self.svg.selection.values(), key=self._sort):
             parentnode.append(node)
         return True
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class Restack(inkex.EffectExtension):
 
     def restack_z_order(self, parentnode):
         """Restack based on z-order"""
-        objects = list(self.svg.selected.rendering_order())
+        objects = list(self.svg.selection.rendering_order())
         if self.options.zsort == "rev":
             objects.reverse()
         elif self.options.zsort == "rand":
diff --git a/tests/test_frame.py b/tests/test_frame.py
index ae5d86cae2ec48b2fe3a128919520eadcdf7e5fe..8d6e26953d3df3267a9b4f7cf1231eaa2710699a 100644
--- a/tests/test_frame.py
+++ b/tests/test_frame.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class FrameTest(InkscapeExtensionTestMixin, TestCase):
         new_frame = self.get_frame(uut.svg)
         self.assertIsNotNone(new_frame)
         self.assertEqual("{http://www.w3.org/2000/svg}path", new_frame.tag)
-        orig = list(uut.svg.selected.values())[0]
+        orig = list(uut.svg.selection.values())[0]
         self.assertEqual("url(#clipPath5815)", orig.get("clip-path"))
         clip_path = uut.svg.getElement("//svg:defs/svg:clipPath")
         self.assertEqual("{http://www.w3.org/2000/svg}clipPath", clip_path.tag)
diff --git a/tests/test_inkex_svg.py b/tests/test_inkex_svg.py
index 238612f6596bcdae70ac35f139948f48f707488c..9b445f53d6837454249ae466ff9b6d0b1f7c8164 100644
--- a/tests/test_inkex_svg.py
+++ b/tests/test_inkex_svg.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class BasicSvgTest(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(doc.selection["bananas"], doc)
         self.assertEqual(doc.selection.first(), doc)
         doc = svg('id="apples"')
-        doc.selected.set(doc.getElementById("apples"))
+        doc.selection.set(doc.getElementById("apples"))
         self.assertEqual(doc.selection["apples"], doc)
         self.assertEqual(doc.selection.first(), doc)
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class BasicSvgTest(TestCase):
     def test_selected_bbox(self):
         """Can we get a bounding box from the selected items"""
         doc = svg_file(self.data_file("svg", "multilayered-test.svg"))
-        doc.selected.set("path3904", "path3902")
+        doc.selection.set("path3904", "path3902")
         from inkex.transforms import BoundingBox
 
         x, y, w, h = 199.544, 156.412, 377.489, 199.972  # from inkscape --query-all
diff --git a/text_merge.py b/text_merge.py
index 08e570a2ef6139cc0a39ad677d8e5c8685c40e76..6085647b50ff2ada4d2fd3464cc93e5c6fc7387a 100755
--- a/text_merge.py
+++ b/text_merge.py
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ class Merge(inkex.EffectExtension):
         )
 
     def effect(self):
-        if not self.svg.selected:
+        if not self.svg.selection:
             for node in self.svg.xpath("//svg:text | //svg:flowRoot"):
-                self.svg.selected[node.get("id")] = node
+                self.svg.selection[node.get("id")] = node
 
-        if not self.svg.selected:
+        if not self.svg.selection:
             return
 
         parentnode = self.svg.get_current_layer()
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class Merge(inkex.EffectExtension):
             "stroke": "none",
         }
 
-        for node in sorted(self.svg.selected.values(), key=self._sort):
+        for node in sorted(self.svg.selection.values(), key=self._sort):
             self.recurse(text_span, node, text_root)
 
         if self.options.flowtext:
diff --git a/ungroup_deep.py b/ungroup_deep.py
index 6b578747c47f0b2ad87de12bbfadd0b61e004874..36a01bff64f71fe765a5d19d769d8f604af5420f 100755
--- a/ungroup_deep.py
+++ b/ungroup_deep.py
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ class UngroupDeep(inkex.EffectExtension):
                 q.pop()
 
     def effect(self):
-        if self.svg.selected:
-            for node in self.svg.selected.values():
+        if self.svg.selection:
+            for node in self.svg.selection.values():
                 self._deep_ungroup(node)
         else:
             for node in self.document.getroot():
diff --git a/voronoi2svg.py b/voronoi2svg.py
index fdf509cc4a7efc41d60dc1c4da44c796c9ec78a3..e4cf802f10642e2ae09be735c4ebeb41b3dbd169 100755
--- a/voronoi2svg.py
+++ b/voronoi2svg.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class Voronoi(inkex.EffectExtension):
 
     def effect(self):
         # Check that elements have been selected
-        if not self.svg.selected:
+        if not self.svg.selection:
             inkex.errormsg(_("Please select objects!"))
             return
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class Voronoi(inkex.EffectExtension):
         seeds = []
         fills = []
 
-        for node in self.svg.selected.values():
+        for node in self.svg.selection.values():
             nodes.append(node)
             bbox = node.bounding_box()
             if bbox:
diff --git a/web_interactive_mockup.py b/web_interactive_mockup.py
index 1af5e925d97f9930866a0ae412f92cf872cd906d..8f0e591f7506a338cf32ffafebb513e5441a5c9c 100755
--- a/web_interactive_mockup.py
+++ b/web_interactive_mockup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class InteractiveMockup(inkwebeffect.InkWebEffect):
                 "You must select at least two elements. The last one is the object you want to go to."
             )
 
-        el_from = list(self.svg.selected.values())[:-1]
+        el_from = list(self.svg.selection.values())[:-1]
 
         ev_code = "InkWeb.moveViewbox({from:this, to:'" + self.options.ids[-1] + "'})"
         for elem in el_from:
diff --git a/web_set_att.py b/web_set_att.py
index 2e6798fe3786920bf9f7af9c05e756668b60674a..5b7e8ca8e631748f1eaf95ad88b5baafb3d49736 100755
--- a/web_set_att.py
+++ b/web_set_att.py
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ class SetAttribute(inkwebeffect.InkWebEffect):
 
         # All set the last else The first set all
         split = -1 if self.options.from_and_to == "g-to-one" else 1
-        el_from = list(self.svg.selected.values())[:split]
-        id_to = list(self.svg.selected.ids)[split:]
+        el_from = list(self.svg.selection.values())[:split]
+        id_to = list(self.svg.selection.ids)[split:]
 
         ev_code = "InkWeb.setAtt({{el:['{}'], att:'{}', val:'{}'}})".format(
             "','".join(id_to), self.options.att, self.options.val
diff --git a/webslicer_create_group.py b/webslicer_create_group.py
index 1c02fab7b903b8890206d9f635821916f411b3af..1322b9fad55e2f87df5a093361aa6ab03272e22d 100755
--- a/webslicer_create_group.py
+++ b/webslicer_create_group.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class CreateGroup(WebSlicerMixin, inkex.EffectExtension):
         pars.add_argument("--bg-color", dest="bg_color")
 
     def effect(self):
-        if not self.svg.selected:
+        if not self.svg.selection:
             raise inkex.AbortExtension(
                 _(
                     'You must to select some "Slicer rectangles" '
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class CreateGroup(WebSlicerMixin, inkex.EffectExtension):
             )
 
         base_elements = self.get_slicer_layer().descendants()
-        for key, node in self.svg.selected.id_dict().items():
+        for key, node in self.svg.selection.id_dict().items():
             if node not in base_elements:
                 raise inkex.AbortExtension(
                     _(f'The element "{key}" is not in the Web Slicer layer')
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class CreateGroup(WebSlicerMixin, inkex.EffectExtension):
             ["html_id", "html_class", "width_unity", "height_unity", "bg_color"]
         )
 
-        for node in self.svg.selected.values():
+        for node in self.svg.selection.values():
             group.insert(1, node)