Cannot select objects on artboard

[Brettha]

I can ONLY select from layers panel.  I don’t work this way.  I cannot select objects by double clicking on the artboard.  I have tried everything. I have done reset and hard reset on ipad.  I have reset settings.  I wrote to the forum and submitted several requests for help.  Please tell me how to Re install 2.1 since it seemed to work there.

PLEASE HELP.  I HAVE HAD TO HALT ALL WORK BECAUSE OF THIS. 

[walt.farrell]

For earlier discussion, and a sample file (not the same file as in the video above, though), please see: 

 

[walt.farrell]

Looking at the sample file in your other topic, one strange thing is that according to the Layers studio, Artboard3 has no content. That is, unlike the other 2 Artboards, Artboard 3 has no disclosure icon to expand the Artboard so the contents show. But even so, there's a Layer Thumbnail that has content matching what's visible on the workspace.

I have no explanation for that.

 

 

[Brettha]

Look it’s a chicken

 

[walt.farrell]

But for Artboard1 and Artboard2, with the Move Tool Auto-Select setting in the Context Bar set to Groups (you have Objects), and Edit All Layers set in the Layers studio options (as you have in your file) a single-click does select complete groups. Double-clicking on the workspace is not a "select" action for the Move Tool; that switches to the Node Tool, which is probably not what you want.

That works for both Artboard1 and Artboard2. Artboard3, though, just seems broken (as I mentioned above) since it somehow has no content.

 

 

[Brettha]

I just figured it out.  I imported the objects from another app.  They were placed into layers which I mistakenly thought were already “grouped” and when I selected the group, it behaved as if it was not grouped, selecting a curve instead. I thought I’d read something about this as a new feature?  Maybe not. In any case by grouping each layer, it behaved as a group.  So … Thankyou… for your due diligence.