Group Hierarchy diving

[aekorps]

is there a way to drag select children within a Group? Or do I have to Ungroup those items, then select, then re-group them?

 

If not, Illustrator's way of displaying the current hierarchy level makes sense for diving into a hierarchy and selecting items.

 

Currently, diving into a group, then attempting to select items jumps back to the top level.

[dominik]

39 minutes ago, aekorps said:

is there a way to drag select children within a Group? Or do I have to Ungroup those items, then select, then re-group them?

 

If not, Illustrator's way of displaying the current hierarchy level makes sense for diving into a hierarchy and selecting items.

 

Currently, diving into a group, then attempting to select items jumps back to the top level.

 

Hello aekorps,

 

I am not quite sure what you mean. It is possible to drag layers within groups in the layer panel. It is possible to drag groups even from one group to another. You do not have to ungroup elements to rearrange them.

 

Or do you want to drag these elements on the canvas? To do so you can either CTRL+click to select an object within a group, or you can double click a couple of times to 'drill down' through multiple nested groups until you have only one element selected. Then you can move it.

 

I hope this helps.

 

d.

 

 

[aekorps]

Thanks dominik! It was selecting elements inside a group on the canvas that I was referring to. On my Mac, it's not CTRL, it's CMD + LMB + Drag to select within a Group.

 

Works great, thanks!

[dominik]

26 minutes ago, aekorps said:

On my Mac, it's not CTRL, it's CMD + LMB + Drag to select within a Group.

 

Works great, thanks!

 

Sorry for not thinking of the Mac people 

 

Glad to have it sorted out. Cheers!

 

d.