Select objects on layer panel by CTRL Dragging on circle icon
In older versions of Illustrator you could go to the layer panel and CTR L / CMD drag on the circle icons to select multiple objects really fast. Would love to have this back as it wasn't replaced with anything else and a lot of times I need to select objects on the layer panel and not the canvas.
Fernando Bittar
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In the latest releases this is somewhat back. You can now use Shift and Ctrl with a click in target circles to select ranges and add/remove from the selection. No dragging though, but it’s still is much better then it used to be recently.
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Anonymous
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In a previous version (10 or 15 years ago?), there WAS a way to drag across the layer names to select them (in the Layers panel). I don't recall if it was (OPTION + drag) or (CTRL + drag), but I would certainly love to have that shortcut again. Having to SHIFT + click on each one is a pain, even if you only have a handful of layers.
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Anonymous
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Seriously. Just did the update to 2020 and this STILL doesn't exist??? Throwing my hands up in despair!
