Make it possible to select objects using a path.
It would be very useful to be able select individual objects in a document using a path which touches each of those objects or lies entirely within the path, or both, with each option being selectable by the user.
macprep@fowlerprinting.com
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Ton commented
Thanks Seiji Miyazawa, your script works fine!
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There’s a script now that allows this, by 3flab / onthehead / Seiji Miyazawa:
https://x.com/onthehead/status/2020655430037651638
https://onthehead.com/ais/select024/Works great! Very rarely it misfires and keeps some things unselected or selects things it doesn’t need to, so please check the results.
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Melker Molin
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I would love to have a selection button in Pathfinder.
Meaning if you have created a shape you can use that shape to select all objects inside it.
My idea is to have a button called "use object to select" inside the pathfinder window.This would be great if you have one pattern and want to create a new pattern inside it. Similar to a clipping mask but instead you select inside the object and can delete/chage size/create groups and so on.
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Yes, please.
I know a hacky method that does this, for simple shapes, using Pathfinder, but it won’t work for complex group.
I see this feature as a natural extension of the Group Overlapping Objects request: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/44725282 — but instead of grouping it should select.
Thanks for posting this.
