Selection Tool won't allow selecting individual frame

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November 29, 2017
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My selection tool suddenly has a little box next to it and only allows selecting a group of frames such as a tween. I have to hold the control button to select an individual frame. I don't know what happened to change it but I can't seem to find any way to reset it. This is extremely irritating and affecting production when I'm under a deadline. If anyone can provide information on how I reset this tool I would greatly appreciate your assistance!

Thank you!

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Correct answer Colin Holgate

I had Animate CC 2017 but after my selection tool changed I upgraded to 2018 yesterday thinking the upgrade might reset it but it didn't. There isn't a Span Selection option in Preferences.

Found out where it's gone to! Use the menu at the top right of the timeline:

sandys1348Author

Inspiring

Thank you so much!!!! That was exactly my problem. I must have checked it by accident. I know it seems like a minor issue but it was really a pain!

Thanks again Colin!!!!

sandys1348Author

Inspiring

Yes it appears when I hover over the timeline and if I click it selects then entire section (tween) instead of one frame. It wasn't doing that before yesterday. I had to hold the shift or control to select more than one frame.

_keyframer

Community Expert

Same here Colin.

It looks like Sandy has an older version of Animate (possibly Flash). I think there was a change in the way span selection worked back then. Sandy, hard for us to trouble shoot without having that version installed but if memory serves me correctly, there's a preference option to turn this off so it works the way you expect it to. Look in Preferences > General... Span Selection (or something similar).

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