Select all items on one layer

[saraheagle]

Hello again! In Fireworks I could click on the layer and it would select all items in that layer.

In AD it seems I need to go to the bottom of the layers panel, click on "Edit all layers", select all and then click on "Edit all layers" again.

Is there a less cumbersome way of doing this?

Thanks

[IanSG]

I'm not sure if I've fully understood the question, but <ctrl>A selects everything.

[saraheagle]

Yes correct, it either selects everything on the whole page OR if you have toggled the button btm right, it selects everything on just that layer.

So if I want to be able to edit all layers, but just select all items on one layer I need to go to the bottom of the layers panel, click on "Edit all layers", select all and then click on "Edit all layers" again.

Three clicks is quite cumbersome for me - for nearly 20 years I've just had to click on the layer and that's all.

[Gabe]

Hi @saraheagle,

I'm afraid that's the only way. If you have "Edit All Layes" off, you can CTRL/CMD+A anywhere inside that layer and will select all the layers nested inside the layer. 

I will move this to feature requests. 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

moved from Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)

[saraheagle]

OK, thanks for letting me know so quickly and for moving it to FR