Working with Objects > Grouping objects > Selecting grouped objects

 

Selecting grouped objects

You can work with individual objects within a group by subselecting only the objects you want to modify. You can also remove one or more objects from a group. You cannot move individual objects within a group to other layers or group them with other groups.

Group (left); selecting object within group (right)
 

To select an object within a group:

1

Do one of the following:

Select the Subselect tool and click the object to select it.

With the Pointer tool selected, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) and click the object to select it.

2

To add objects to the subselection, press Shift as you subselect. You can select up to eight nested levels.

To select an object behind another object in a group:

1

Select the Pointer tool.

2

Do one of the following:

In Windows, hold down Control+ Alt and right-click to cycle through selected objects.

On the Macintosh, hold down Control+Option (Macintosh) and click to cycle through selected objects.

To deselect a subselected object:

Press Tab or click the document outside the group.

To select the group containing a subselected object:

Choose Edit > Select > Superselect.