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.
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.
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:
- When the setting is enabled, the Select Same/Select Object commands will match objects across all artboards.
- When the setting is disabled, the Select Same/Select Object commands will match only objects on the current artboard.