Select objects

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You must select objects before you can change them. You can select one object, covered objects, multiple objects, all objects, or multiple groups of objects. When you select a single object, a highlighting box with eight transformation handles surrounds the object. When you select multiple objects, the highlighting box expands to surround all of the objects.

You can select multiple objects, but only one object is active. The active object is outlined by a dashed outline called a marquee. You can edit the active object by filling it and applying special effects to it.

When you finish making changes to the selected objects, you can deselect them.

One object is selected in the image on the left. On the right, the highlighting box indicates that multiple objects are selected.

To select objects

 

To select	Do the following
An object	In the toolbox, click the Pick tool , and click an object.
All objects in an image	Click Objects Select all objects.
An object covered by another object	In the toolbox, click the Pick tool . Hold down Alt, and click until the highlighting box of a covered object is displayed. This shortcut key allows you to cycle through layered objects.
Multiple objects	In the toolbox, click the Pick tool . Click one object, hold down Shift, and click the other objects.
Multiple groups of objects	In the toolbox, click the Pick tool . Click an object in one group, hold down Shift, and click an object from each group that you want to select.

When the Show object marquee command in the Object menu is enabled, a dashed outline, called a marquee, surrounds the active object.

If the background is selected before you click Objects Select all objects, it is added to the selection — all objects and the background are now selected. If an object is selected before you click Objects Select all objects, the background is not included in the selection.

You can select an object by clicking a thumbnail in the Objects docker. If the Objects docker is not open, click Window Dockers Objects.

You can also select objects in the Objects docker stacking order using the following shortcut keys: press Shift + N to select the object above the current object; Shift + P to select the object below the current object; Shift + T to select the top object in the stacking order; and Shift + B to select the background object or the bottom object in the stacking order.

To deselect objects

 

To deselect	Do the following
An object	In the toolbox, click the Pick tool . Click anywhere outside the object’s highlighting box.
Multiple objects	Click the Pick tool , hold down Shift, and click each object in the image window that you want to deselect.
All objects	Click the Pick tool , and click the background.

When you deselect an active object, it is still active.

If the background is part of the selection, clicking the background in the image window does not deselect all objects.

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