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Kingkong_the_second
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September 25, 2012
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How to select multiple objects in the layerpanel?

  • September 25, 2012
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Hi everybody, I have this enoying problem:

I want to select a few paths in the layerpanel by NOT clicken on every one.

So for example I have the following structure:

Layer 01

     path01

     path02

     path03

     path04

     path05

     path06

     path07

     path08

     path09

     path10

And I want to activate path03 to path09 for further modifications - I would have to select every single path by clicking on it in the Target column.

Is there a faster way like selecting path03 and than holding the Shift-key and selecting path09 ? <- (This obvious solution doesn't work)

Thanks for your help!

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Nicky Lenaers
Participant
September 25, 2012

Hi Kingkong the Second,

There are numerous ways of selecting objects. In your case, selecting path03 to path09 I would suggest targeting the whole layer, then Shift-Click on the layer targets you don't need. In this case, you only need to deselect path01, path02 and path09, which is way faster than selecting the paths you do need.

Also, try using the Select Menu as shown below:

When objects in you scene have something in common that other objects don't, it might be easier to use this way of selecting. A similar menu is quickly accessible by using the small arrow in the options bar, as show below:

Of course, you can always select object in the scene by marqueeing or selecting them individually.

Hope this helps you out some more!

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Kingkong_the_secondAuthor
Participating Frequently
September 25, 2012

Hey Nicky,

thank you for your reply. Fortunatly I am already familiar with the selection-technics you mentioned.

But still I am looking for a feature as described above.

The example above is still easy to handle as you described, but with ai-files containing hundreds of objects and more complex structure, selection becomes very time-consuming this way.

Which puzzles me at most - the feature was already included in CS5!
In CS5 you just had to hold down the the alt-key and than drag over the names of the objects you wanted to select.
It seems Adobe droped that functionality in CS6 - And I am trying to get it back!

    PrintFusion45
    PrintFusion45
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    September 25, 2012

    Meatballing multiple paths while hovering over the mouse on the paths has been removed from CS6. That idea was eliminated with the fact that sequential paths used to get selected while using Alt key and dragging. Just to eliminate that thought Alt key now only is used to copy/duplicate a path while dragging. Shift or Control Click now represents selective selection and sequential selection respectively.

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