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• How to select other objects of a group?

  I have a group of several objects. If I select an object in the group, I use the method: click = "makeObj (event)" "

  And then the function:

  protected function makeObj(event:MouseEvent):void
          {
              var targetObj:Object = event.currentTarget;
          }
  

  But how to use all the other objects in the group except clicked (target)?

  Hello

  You can do something like below:

  protected function makeObj(event:MouseEvent):void
  {
  var targetObj:Object = event.currentTarget;

  var excludedObjectCollection:Array;

  }

  for each (var ObjectCollection)

  {

  Here, to write the condition which you can diiferentiate your objects

  If (targetObj.id! = item.id)

  {

  excludedObjectCollection.push (item);

  }

  }

  Thank you

  Jean Claude

• How to select several objects on the layers panel in Illustrator CC

  I have a work of guge and I need to select a small group (about 10-100) of objects from 4000 bunk and then group objects ' em/split-to-layers for ease of use (this is an infographic of the human body for medical institute)

  There IS NO way by selecting in the Web because they are overlapping and sometimes not visible at all.

  in CS5 there was a function to select several objects to the icon selection Alt + click - move on the right in the Layers panel.

  Now the mode duplication towers - on when I try to run it.

  Then.

  Ho I select several object without having to click through thousands of them? (I need to drag-select)

  IM totally frustrated.
  

  As long there is no deliberately locked object, you can do the following:

  Drag on the lock column in the layer panel

  Object > unlock all (there is a shortcut for this)

  -> unlocked objects are selected

• How to select several objects to align left or right edge?

  Hi all

  It's my first day using indesign so I hope it's a very basic question, but I couldn't find the answer anywhere online yet.

  Suppose you have a page full of objects and you want to align only a few of them to the same right or left-edge, without affecting the others.

  You select just the ones you want to align by clicking while shift now, correct?

  But then a box will appear around each of them, which means you can align them is no longer at the edges of each and the other because (I think) is to see the box as already lined up.

  Please let me know if you see what I'm doing wrong and how to do better.

  Thank you!

  It's not like seeing them lined up, it's just to show you the limits of all selected items. They will line up. Another little trick is (after all are selected with shift) click once on the edge of one, you want that they align. It will get a bolder outline, stay where it is and will become the guide to align the other.

• How to select all objects in a document?

  Newbie question WAS:

  I have an active document with two linked files, I need to select both of them in a script and incorporate the two.  Then I'll be in selecting these separate and perform various actions on each.

  In JavaScript, once I have the document object how can I select these two files/items?

  Thank you

  Dave

  This will select all the document and incorporate your files related to assets:

  * a slight change *.

  for (I = app.activeDocument.placedItems.length - 1; i > = 0; i--) {}
  app.activeDocument.placedItems [i] .selected = true;
  app.activeDocument.placedItems [i] .embed ();
  }

  see you soon;

  Post edited by: sonicDream

• Probably an obvious question. How to select an object, i.e. the logo on a track with other tracks above him?

  Hello world

  I have 15 tracks. I have a logo on the second track that spans the length of the video. When I select this logo track in the timeline and then double-click the screen to move the logo, my selection becomes another track. Is there an easy way to click on a specific object on a specific track to move that?

  Thanks in advance.

  Nelson

  As with all first I don't know there are a lot of ways to do so, I click on a track and effect control click query. Then get you the handles for this appearance of track in the program monitor, don't double click the monitor.

• How, in Illustrator CS5, select all objects with the three points (or nodes)?

  I'm fairly new to Illustrator, but it seems like it should be simple.  (It's trivial in CorelDraw X 4: after selecting an object with three knots, I go to Edition > search and replace > find objects > find objects that correspond to the currently selected object and navigate the menus left.)

  In Illustrator CS5, select options > identical do not seem to include the selection of all objects with the same number of nodes under the currently selected object.

  A double click on the magic wand tool also does not provide such an option.

  Thanks for any help.

  PS also useful would be knowing how to add other criteria to this search, for example, how to select all objects with three points * and * the current fill color.

  advictoriam,

  I'm afraid that you have better luck with the number of anchor Point.

• [FLASH] How to select and modify objects on separate layers.

  Hello

  I just started to use Flash and I've been looking for hours now how to select and modify unique objects (PNG in my case) without constantly accidentally select the object which is the most prominent or the higher layer.

  Whenever I want to change tell an object in the back, he always chooses the further object, making it impossible to change the return object. How on earth do I do this?

  This program looks extremely complex for what I want to do with it, but I can't find a software simple.

  All I want to do is animation frame-by-frame to an existing character on the parts of the body of the png a couple. I want to just move and rotate these parts of the body separately image by image. Is not possible in this program?

  It is very feasible with flash.

  for an object in a layer until you do NOT want to select Lock (the lock symbol column) or hide (the symbol of the eye column) as a layer.

  

  [becomes Adobe Creative Cloud CC Pro Flash - général]

• How to select objects? Thing the most annoing in Illustrator

  How can choose us object as this fire-logo on my screen WITHOUT also selecting a box around it?
  Whenever I select the whole of this object, not my logo itself.

  But don't tell me 'block the box first. There is no problem with this in Corel Draw. Illustrator you always select a lot more than what you want.

  

  The same video:

  Au2 you do not have something wrong,

  selection to...

  Illustrator = everything he touches (black arrow)

  Corel = only what is entirely contained in the selection encompassing

  That's the way it works, if you want to select the logo, select text scrolling, your logo, the way you do, then shift + click (deselect) on the small triangle, the gray background rectangle and "Che...". "text... as others have suggested.

• In Illustrator CS5, how can I select only objects * joint * by an area of selection?

  ... rather that all objects that intersect with it?  CorelDraw x 4, for example, the default value for the Pick (the primary selection tool) tool must choose all objects in the selected area.  This is extremely useful when working with vector graphics produced in other programs (e.g. Matlab) that do not already have their structured in layers of vector objects.

  I apologize if this question has been asked before, or is trivial - I'm relatively new to Illustrator.

  Thanks for any help.

  You can't do it natively, I wrote a script to work around the problem, repeat, a workaround solution, see post # 11

  How to select only the objects in a marquee?

• How to select objects based on a list written in a text frame?

  I want to choose objects whose names appear in a list in a text frame, but he cannot know.

  Let's say I have 200 items with very specific names that never change, like 'Polygon001', 'Polygon002', etc, and I put some of these names, classified or not, in a text box (or frame), comma - or CR-separated by tabs. I want to make a script that reads these names and selects the objects with the same name, so I can color, copy them or whatever. Is there a way to read such a list for this task? I'm new to scripting Illustrator and I think that would help me a lot when characteristic coloring in maps or copy a region to zoom-in.

  Thanks in advance!

  This should do what you want

  function list_to_selection(){
      var doc = app.activeDocument;
      var sel = doc.selection; // this will be the text frame
      var str = sel[0].contents; // get contents of text frame
      sel[0].selected = false; // deselect text frame
      var names = str.split(','); // split the string
      for(var i = 0; i < names.length; i++){
           // remove any white space from start and end of each name
          names[i] = names[i].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,'')
          // get each item by name and select.
          doc.pageItems.getByName(names[i]).selected = true;
      }
  }
  list_to_selection();
  

• How can I select the objects and remove the other objects by using the selection path

  I know that I am able to do this in photoshop. Select an object, lets say a group of letters just by ctrl clicking on the thumbnail of the layer, then put another layer of more selected a group of letters, then go on the other layer (not the Group of letters) and pressing DELETE. I hope I explained it well, otherwise, here is a video that made a good explanation of it. Gyazo - 015091c2a0a6d2da038901dfb16c0a7f.gif I just need to know if there is something similar to that offered in illustrator, thank you!

  What you're trying to re-create the Photoshop is called: less prominent of the Pathfinder Panel.

  

• How to display the object selected in the current view?

  I have a file in illustrator with hundreds of layers and objects. If I select an object for targeting in the layers panel, is it possible that I can get the items to display in the center of the workspace. I currently have zoom and pan the document to see the object.

  Similarly, if I select an object in the document, is there a way to have this object appear in the center of the layers panel? I have currently to scroll the layers panel to find the parent layer and then down through the layers of the child until I found my selected object.

  Thank you!

  1. it's a feature request that has often been mentioned here. There may be scripts which do.

  2 see the command to locate an object in the palette menu layers.

• How to select only the objects in a marquee?

  I am a new user of Illustrator CS5, switching from Freehand. I'm trying to find out if there is a way to select only the objects in a marquee? In AutoCAD, you can make a selection on the left window to the right and only those objects entirely in the window are selected. If you the window right on the left all the objects that are "crossed" or affected by the window are selected. Is there a similar technique in Illustrator?

  Currently, I have to select the objects, and then go back and hold the SHIFT key to deselect the object I don't want, or lock layers to prevent additional items get selected.

  NO.

• How to select when several shapes overlap in the page layout view

  When changing the opinion of EM structure layout, it is common to have several forms and/or port objects overlap in the same place. How to choose the object you want in this case?

  In general in any layout view, when you select objects that overlap, the smaller form will be selected by default.  Hold down the Ctrl + Shift, and then to the same place to scroll through all the objects that are under the mouse.