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Hiding or displaying artwork


    You can selectively hide and display artwork on the artboard using the Layers palette. Hiding artwork is useful when you're working on a complex piece and want to focus on a specific set of paths. You can quickly hide multiple paths, groups, and sublayers by hiding the parent layer.

To hide or display artwork:

    Do one of the following:

    • Click the eye icon The eye icon with Preview view enabled in the Layers palette for the item you want to hide. Click again to redisplay the items.
    • Drag across multiple eye icons to hide multiple items.
    • Double-click an item name in the Layers palette, or select an item and choose Options for "Layer name" from the Layers palette menu. In the Layer Options dialog box, select or deselect Show, and click OK.
    • To hide all unselected layers in the Layers palette, choose Hide Others from the Layers palette menu. Alternatively, you can Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the eye icon for the layer you want to show.
    • To display all layers in the Layers palette, choose Show All Layers from the Layers palette menu.