How to select a particular part of object in Illustrator?

[Saverio020]

Hi Everyone,

 I have problem: i want to select a sleeve of a t-shirt design to insert a image. the only problem is that when i click on the sleeve the whole shirt get's select.

I tried to use the clipping mask but that does not work either.

Look at the screenshot

Thanks

Saverio

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[Charu Rajput · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Use Direct Selection Tool to select a specific part.

See attached screen shot.

Let us know if this works for you. 

[Srishti Bali]

Hi Saverio,

Thanks for reaching out. Looks like the object is grouped. I agree with the suggestion shared by Charu. Another way is to select the desired object from the Layers panel. For more details, you may refer to these tutorials:

https://helpx.adobe.com/in/illustrator/using/selecting-objects.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghgMDV30Vm0

Regards,

Srishti

[Jacob Bugge]

Saverio,

In addition to what Charu and Shristi said, in connexion with the Direct Selection Tool it is often necessary to hold Alt/Option when selecting to get the whole path instead of only one or more segments, also known as temporarily switching to the Group Selection Tool.