[UGAF] selecting object below in AI

[Rick Moore]

I believe you hold down the option and command keys along with the
left or right brackets. For this to work correctly, your cursor must
be over the object you are trying to select.

Rick


On 6/11/07, Jesse Colby <jesscola at xmission.com> wrote:
> I'd be curious to know myself. In the meanwhile, I work around it
> three ways:
> sometimes I lock content so it'll stay put and I can click below.
> Right click and use the "select" options
> and now I do everything I can in layers and that way I can just lock
> the layer while I work on other aspects of the piece
>
> -Jesse
>
> On Jun 11, 2007, at 1:52 PM, Wade Preston Shearer wrote:
>
> > In InDesign you can hold down command while you click and it will
> > allow you to select objects that are below other objects. Is there
> > anyway to do the same thing in Illustrator? I hate having to drag-
> > select over the group and the deselect the top objects until I am
> > finally left with the single, bottom item that I want.
> >
> >
> > wade
> >
> >
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