Locate an item in the layers panel, Locking, hiding, and deleting objects, Lock or unlock objects or layers – Adobe Illustrator CS4 User Manual
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Selecting and arranging objects
Locate an item in the Layers panel
When you select an item in your document window, you can quickly locate the corresponding item in the Layers panel
using the Locate Object command. This command is especially helpful for locating items in collapsed layers.
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Select an object in the document window. If you select more than one object, the frontmost object in the stacking
order will be located.
2
Choose Locate Object from the Layers panel menu. This command changes to Locate Layer if the Show Layers Only
panel option is selected.
Locking, hiding, and deleting objects
Lock or unlock objects or layers
Locking objects prevents you from selecting and editing them. You can quickly lock multiple paths, groups, and
sublayers by locking their parent layer.
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To lock objects, click the edit column button (to the right of the eye icon) in the Layers panel for the object or layer
you want to lock. Drag across multiple edit column buttons to lock multiple items. Alternatively, select the objects
you want to lock, and then choose Object > Lock
> Selection.
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To unlock objects, click the lock icon
in the Layers panel for the object or layer you want to unlock.
You can also use the following commands to lock and unlock objects:
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To lock all objects that overlap the area of the selected object and that are in the same layer, select the object, and
then choose Object > Lock
> All Artwork Above.
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To lock all layers other than the layer that contains a selected item or group, choose Object > Lock
> Other Layers
or choose Lock Others from the Layers panel menu.
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To lock all the layers, select all the layers in the Layers panel, and then choose Lock All Layers from the panel menu.
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To unlock all objects in the document, choose Object > Unlock All.
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To unlock all objects within a group, select an unlocked and visible object within the group. Hold down Shift+Alt
(Windows) or Shift+Option (Mac
OS) and choose Object > Unlock All.
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If you locked all layers, choose Unlock All Layers from the Layers panel menu to unlock them.
Note: The Lock menus are disabled when you’re in isolation mode.
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Hide or show objects or layers
Choose from the following methods:
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In the Layers panel, click the eye icon
next to the item you want to hide. Click again to redisplay the item. If you
hide a layer or group, all items in the layer or group are hidden.
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Drag across multiple eye icons to hide multiple items.
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Select an object you want to hide, and choose Object > Hide
> Selection.
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To hide all objects above an object in a layer, select the object and choose Object > Hide
> All Artwork Above.