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  1. Select inside marquee window

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    66 comments  ·  Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests » User Interface  ·  Admin →
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    Completed (Comments Open)  ·  AdminSaurav Agrawal (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    Excited to share that the requested functionality is now available in the public builds starting from V 28.3.0.

    WIth the new Enclosed Mode, you can now select ONLY those objects which are completely INSIDE the marquee. 

    To activate the Enclosed Mode, just press 'E' ONCE after you start doing the marquee with the Normal Selection Tool or Group Selection tool. 


    Please note that, 

    1. The button E acts as a toggle, which means you just have to press E once, to get into or out of the enclosed mode.

    2. You have to press E only after doing the marquee, pressing E in empty canvas will invoke the Free Transform tool or the tool the shortcut 'E' is assigned to.


    We made a lot of effort in building this capability, so please try it out and let us what you all think!

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    archz2 commented  · 

    Dear Adobe, it has been years since users have required this feature. Please check this old thread where people have to struggle with plugins or scripting to perform this basic feature. This thread is more than 8 years old.

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/how-to-select-only-objects-within-a-selection-marquee/td-p/3479810/page/4

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