Is there a way to tell how many objects (paths) I have selected?

[Guest]

Is there an easy way to tell how many paths I have selected in Illustrator CS4?

I have a bunch of tiny line segments on the artboard, I want to make sure that I have enough for what I need, and I don't want to have to hand count hundreds of them to be sure... is there a readout somewhere in the Illustrator UI that'll tell me how many things I have selected??

[BenWMac · Accepted solution]

Go to Window > Document Info, in the popout menu on the right side make sure Selection Only and Objects are checked. If the lines (and only the lines you want to count) are selected, the number of lines will be listed next to Paths in the pallet.

[Guest]

Thanks!

I feel dumb now, I skipped right over the "Document Info" palette and went straight for the "Info" palette when I was searching through the palettes.

[ahmedf59165306]

You saved my life, thanks a lot.

[honorm76400537]

Thank you - I found it

In windows, if anyone's looking for it, the pop-out mentioned is the hamburger menu.

[Leicon_indoor_play]

Haha "Hamburger menu" never heard this before you clearly eating strange burgers

[honorm76400537]

Sorry - I guess that's a UI/UX term...

[defaultdv58a1roi6ii]

thank you that helped.

[Lm1611]

I couldn't think of a way to Google this question until stumbling upon this thread which gave me the exact answer. Excellent BenWMac.

[Life_of_Brian]

You Genius! Thank you so much. Just a simple thing maybe, but it has changed my life. I have to order numbers of different concrete slabs from designs, & I used to have to count them all up by hand...

[rafaellondon]

Here is a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIsaPwIOi6M

[x-x-x-x]

Adobe Illustrator 2024 V. 28.5 >> Amount of selected objects info GONE!

Hi guys, the info that tells how many objects are selected does not exist anymore. Where is the info?? Why is this "tool" / doc info not included in the update version? How can I count the objects in Illustrator?

Where is the information: number of selected objects?

[Ton Frederiks]

View > Document info > Objects?

[x-x-x-x]

@Ton Frederiks : NO. 

This menu is not existent anymore. 

[Doug A Roberts]

I think Ton meant Window > Document Info:

[x-x-x-x]

Mate, thanks, that was tight! 😄

[Jacob Bugge]

x-x-x-x,

Even tighter, that was the in the original answer by Ben in 2009 and marked as such:

"Go to Window > Document Info, in the popout menu on the right side make sure Selection Only and Objects are checked. If the lines (and only the lines you want to count) are selected, the number of lines will be listed next to Paths in the pallet."

[Ton Frederiks]

Yes, my mistake, should have been Window