Selecting

Before you can move or modify layers, you must first select them.

Auto-select

By default, the Auto-select option is checked on the context toolbar. As expected, it automatically enables the layer corresponding to an object when you tap to select it on the page. The option can be disabled if preferred.

You can select single or multiple objects using a variety of methods. If you already have an item selected, you can quickly select the next or previous object in the z-order (stack).

Edit All Layers and selection behaviour

The selection behaviour depends on the current Edit All Layers setting on the Layers panel's Panel Preferences menu:

Selection box types

For some shapes (e.g. star shapes), a Base box type will be established on shape creation to accommodate the range of different potential shape sizes when creating variants of that shape. However, you can temporarily swap to a 'tighter' bounding box called Regular bounds if needed. The latter is useful for accurately resizing a shape by its corner/edge handles to another object or page element.

Base box and regular bounds
Selection box types: Base box (A) and Regular bounds (B)

For rotated multiple selections of objects or pixel layers, you can temporarily reorient the selection's selection box to vertical using the same Regular bounds type. Otherwise, the selection box will stay transformed with the transformed items (using the Base Box type).

Rotated multiple selection with reoriented selection box
Rotated multiple selection before (A) and after (B) reorienting the selection box to Regular bounds

It's possible to permanently set the object's selection box to orient to the page's horizontal and vertical edges. The object is unaffected. When reselecting the items again, the selection box will remain unrotated.

If you're using axonometric grids, the additional selection box type Planar bounds, which matches the current grid, can also be swapped to and be made permanent if needed.

Move Tool To select a layer:

Do one of the following:

Move Tool To select multiple layers:

Do one of the following:

To control automatic selection behaviour:
Expand/Collapse To select a specific child layer:
  1. On the Layers panel, expand the parent layer or layer group to show its contents by tapping the arrow at its left side.
  2. Tap the child layer to select it.
Move Tool To deselect layers:
Move Options To cycle between selection box types:
Move Options Set Selection Box To set the selection box permanently:
  1. Cycle to the selection box you want using Cycle Selection Box on the Move Options Menu.
  2. On the same menu, choose Set Selection Box.

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