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Illustrator on Ipad - Shortcut to deselect?

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Is there an easy way to deselect all objects in the Ipad version?

I know you can click on an empty area of the artboard to deselect, but that's not always practrical, especially if you're zoomed in.

Or if I have the keyboard attached, I can use the keyboard shortcut shift>cmd>A, but again, not always practical.

It would be great if there was a button somewhere on screen, or a gesture, to achieve this e.g. a double click of the touch modifier would be a super easy way to deselect.

Or maybe this already exists within the app and I'm missing something...

benk28841253Correct answer

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For anyone with the seame query, I found a solution:

In settings there is an option to assign a command to the Apple pencil 'double tap' function, and one of the options is to deselect active objects on the artboard.

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Mecro

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This is the most frustrating thing in the entire world. I can't stand that there's no deselect button. When you're zoomed in working on details it is so triggering.

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Michael J. Hoffman

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I can't stand that there's no deselect button.

By @Mecro

A moderator has added your question to this existing thread, which has the correct answer: double tapping the pencil to de-select (default behavior, but adjustable in app settings).

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Your pal, Al

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NO IT DOESN'T. IT PASTES if you have recently copied something NO MATTER WHAT SETTING IS SELECTED FOR DOUBLE-TAP.

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Is there an easy way to deselect all objects in the Ipad version?

I know you can click on an empty area of the artboard to deselect, but that's not always practrical, especially if you're zoomed in.

Or if I have the keyboard attached, I can use the keyboard shortcut shift>cmd>A, but again, not always practical.

It would be great if there was a button somewhere on screen, or a gesture, to achieve this e.g. a double click of the touch modifier would be a super easy way to deselect.

[Duplicate posts merged by moderator. Please post once.]

Or maybe this already exists within the app and I'm missing something...

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benk28841253AuthorCorrect answer

Inspiring

For anyone with the seame query, I found a solution:

In settings there is an option to assign a command to the Apple pencil 'double tap' function, and one of the options is to deselect active objects on the artboard.

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martinb27414133

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This is not working for me since double click seams to past what is in the clipboard.

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