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craftycurate
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August 10, 2018
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Can't Select more than two objects inside a group

  • August 10, 2018
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I have a number of shapes in a group as part of a design. I wish to adjust the position of several group elements as follows:

1. Double click the group to open it

2. SHIFT+click the desired objects

This is OK for the first two objects, but when I SHIFT+click the third object, all selected objects are deselected, and the parent group becomes selected.I can unselect individual objects if 2+ are selected, using the same method.

This happens with 100% consistency.

The objects can be selected as normal by meatballing them in the Layers panel.

Indesign 13.1 x64 on Windows 7 x64 Pro

Is this a known bug? Will file as usual anyway.

Thanks

Richard

    Correct answer winterm

    It’s rather a 'feature', than a bug. All versions of ID work exactly this way.

    However, with Direct Selection tool you can select more than two objects in a group.

    Well, it’s not the same, I know.

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    Joe38140691qehb
    New Participant
    May 7, 2025

    If you want to see this added as a feature, please vote here: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/32074027-use-regular-selection-tool-with-grouped-objects

    winterm
    wintermCorrect answer
    Brainiac
    August 10, 2018

    It’s rather a 'feature', than a bug. All versions of ID work exactly this way.

    However, with Direct Selection tool you can select more than two objects in a group.

    Well, it’s not the same, I know.

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      craftycurateAuthor
      Inspiring
      August 10, 2018

      That's helpful thanks! It's not intuitive but at least there is a way to do it.

      Cheers

      Richard

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      craftycurateAuthor
      Inspiring
      August 11, 2018

      Even easier...use the layer panel.


      Clicking on the objects you want to select is far easier and more intuitive and efficient (less brain power, less eye movement, less clicking) than trying to figure out which of the 20 geometric objects in the Layers panel are the ones I want.

      So the Layer panel route is not easier at all, for me anyways.

      I hate it when badly designed and unintuitive features slow me down ... grrrr!

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