Delete objects, Stacking objects – Adobe Illustrator CS4 User Manual
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USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4
Selecting and arranging objects
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To hide all unselected layers, choose Hide Others from the Layers panel menu, or Alt-click (Windows) or
Option-click (Mac
OS) the eye icon for the layer you want to show. Alternatively, to hide all other layers other than
the layer that contains the selected object or group, choose Object > Hide
> Other Layers.
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To show all objects, choose Object > Show All. All previously hidden objects are shown. Any previously selected
objects are selected.
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To show all layers and sublayers, select Show All Layers from the Layers panel menu. Hidden objects aren’t
displayed by this command, only hidden layers.
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To show all objects within a group, select an unlocked and visible object in the group. Hold down Shift+Alt
(Windows) or Shift+Option (Mac
OS) and choose Object > Show All.
Note: The Show All and Hide menus are disabled when you’re in isolation mode.
See also
Delete objects
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Do one of the following:
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Select the objects and then press Backspace (Windows) or Delete.
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Select the objects and then choose Edit > Clear or Edit > Cut.
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Select the items you want to delete in the Layers panel, and then click the Delete icon
. Alternatively, drag the
item name in the Layers panel to the Delete icon in the panel, or choose Delete “Layer name” from the Layers
panel menu.
Deleting a layer also deletes all artwork that is in the layer. For example, if you delete a layer that contains sublayers,
groups, paths, and clipping sets, all those elements will be deleted along with the layer.
Note: A document must have a least one layer. If a document has only one layer, the Delete icon and Delete command
are not available.
See also
Stacking objects
Specify where to add new objects in the stacking order
Illustrator stacks successively drawn objects, beginning with the first object drawn. How objects are stacked
determines how they display when they overlap. You can change the stacking order (also called the painting order) of
objects in your artwork at any time using either the Layers panel or Object > Arrange commands.
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In the Layers panel, do either of the following:
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Click the name of the object above which you want to add the new object.
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To add the new object to the top of a layer or group, click the layer or group name.
In Windows, Alt+Ctrl-click anywhere in the layer list, and type the name or number of the layer you want to
select. (For example, you can type
30 to go to layer 30.)