Limit "Select All" to the current Artboard?

[davemac2015]

Hi!

 

Is there any way to limit the (in my case, disastrous) effects of "Select All" to the current Artboard? I was working on one Artboard, didn't like the results I had and did "Select All" and deleted. After I worked on it some more and stupidly saved the file, I came back to it today and realized that I had zorched all of the other Artboards in the process.

 

I know I can toggle the option for saving History to the file, but I haven't been doing it on a regular basis, since I've been working on pretty large files.

 

So, do I take this as just another hard-earned lesson in watching what the heck I'm wiping out, or is there a possibility of having the option to partially "idiot-protecting" a large project?

 

Thanks! :)

 

I realize now that there's a partial solution to protect myself from myself, and I should get into the habit of doing - toggle the "lock" icon on each of the other Artboards. Hindsight is a wonderful thing!

Edited February 16, 2017 by davemac2015

[R C-R]

From what I can tell, the Layers panel "Edit All Layers" button at the bottom of the panel will help with this: if it is not enabled "Select All" will be limited to the current or last selected artboard.

[davemac2015]

From what I can tell, the Layers panel "Edit All Layers" button at the bottom of the panel will help with this: if it is not enabled "Select All" will be limited to the current or last selected artboard.

Thanks! I'll try that :)