Selecting objects by attribute

The Layers panel and the Select menu provide ways to select objects by their type or a shared attribute, adding or removing matching objects to or from the current selection.

Select Same Tag Colour and Select Same Name

From the Layers panel, you can select all layers that share a name or an assigned tag colour.

Select Same and Select Object

These powerful selection methods allow you to quickly make bulk changes to your design all at once, e.g. to convert objects that share a non-global colour to use a global one.

Both commands are available from the Select menu. Each offers a range of options in its submenu.

The Select Same command selects all objects in your document that match an attribute on your currently selected object.

Select Same matches objects with the same Fill Colour, Stroke Colour, Fill & Stroke Colour, Stroke Weight, Transparency, Blend Mode, Shape, Width, Height, Rotation, Name, or Tag Colour.

Select Same can also match objects whose Width, Height, or Stroke Weight is less than, less than or equal, greater than, or greater than or equal to that of the currently selected object.

Select same fill
Selecting the same fill colour across objects.

The Select Object command selects all objects of a matching type within your document. For example, you can select all groups, symbols, art text, artboards, pixel layers, unfilled objects, transparent objects, and any objects which do/don't have a stroke, etc.

Select object stroked
Selecting objects with strokes applied.

Both commands also work well in conjunction with each other, allowing you to first group all layers of each fill colour (using Select Same) and then select all of the grouped layers (using Select Object), for example, effectively organising the layers in your image.

Edit All Layers and Select Same/Select Object

The behaviour of the Select Same and Select Object commands depends on the Edit All Layers setting on the Layers panel:

To select all layers sharing the same name:
To select all layers sharing a tag colour:
To select all objects sharing a chosen attribute with the currently selected object:
To select all objects of a certain type:

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