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, frame text, path text, picture frames, tables, data merge layouts, objects according to their fill, stroke or opacity, and so on.

Select object stroked
Selecting objects with strokes applied.
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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