Is there any built in way to make rectangular selections?

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December 11, 2022
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Select like a pro with Super Marquee! (astutegraphics.com)

I could only find this plugin that does that, but maybe this can be already done in Illustrator?

How to

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Mike_Gondek10189183

Community Expert

You can simulate what Super marquee does by using the magic lasso instead. This will select the yellwo cirlces, but not the cyan rectangle.

Unfortunately you cannot do a marquee selection to select the yellow circles alone. In that case I would select all, then with selection tool shift click on the cyan rectangle to deselect

Chris P. BaconAuthor

Inspiring

In areas close to the corner it's difficult to use the magic lasso tool, it will touch the edges and select unwanted elements.

That's a good idea. Now I realized I can also lock those elements at the layers that I don't want to be selected, and use the normal selection tool after to draw a rectangle and select areas.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Draw a rectangle with the Selection tool or direct selection tool does not do what you want?

Then please describe what exactly you expect to happen to what kind of objects.

Chris P. BaconAuthor

Inspiring

I cannot draw rectangles with selection tools in InDesign, it's just moving my image, it doesn't draw anything.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

InDesign? You mean Illustrator?

It's important where you start clicking&dragging. Should not be on top of an object. You need to start in the void.

You can also try and turn on "select object by path only" in the preferences > Selection and anchor display..

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