VectorCat Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 this is sporadic. neither clicking on, marquiing through or around will select, say, a box. But selecting in the layer studio works. why can't these selection methods just work? I obliterates workflow and confidence in the tool when sometimes you can select..sometimes you can't. I see no pattern that would explain it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Are the layers you are trying to select, but can’t, on a Master Page? I think you can only select certain types of layer (e.g. Artistic Text) from a master page – via the canvas – while you are editing a ‘normal’ page. I believe this is expected behaviour to make it easier to not accidentally select layers which you don’t normally want to change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Also check you have not accidentally switched off "Edit all Layers". That one still catches me out occasionally. It really needs to be highlighted (a lot) better on the light interface Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorCat Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 14 hours ago, GarryP said: Are the layers you are trying to select, but can’t, on a Master Page? I think you can only select certain types of layer (e.g. Artistic Text) from a master page – via the canvas – while you are editing a ‘normal’ page. I believe this is expected behaviour to make it easier to not accidentally select layers which you don’t normally want to change. No. In the document in question, the master page contains nothing at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorCat Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 14 hours ago, carl123 said: Also check you have not accidentally switched off "Edit all Layers". That one still catches me out occasionally. It really needs to be highlighted (a lot) better on the light interface where is "Edit all layers" located? Doesn't seem to be on the Layers pallet. While I was working with this particular item, I had just selected and moved it mere seconds earlier, and in the intervening time made no changes to the layer such as lock, or to is parent; I was in the heat of actually moving items on my layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 The “Edit All Layers” button is ‘tucked away’ at the bottom-left of the Layers Panel, see attached image. If this doesn’t help then a video showing what is happening may help us to see what you see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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