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With the direct selection tool selected, press and hold ALT. Note: There is a keyboard shortcut that allows you to switch from the direct selection tool to the Group selection tool. Thus, you can quickly edit all members of the group, let's say change the fill or stroke. If you click a second time on the rectangle, then all the members of the group are selected. As you see, it selects the whole rectangle. Select the Group Selection tool and click once let's say on the green rectangle at the bottom. Group A contains the orange circles, Group B contains the green rectangles and Group C contains the blue triangles. I have created 3 kind of shapes and I have arranged them in 3 groups. Also note that when you hover above a point, then this point is highlighted to help you click on this point directly. Notice that if you click in the orange fill of the circle and not on an individual anchor point, then you select the entire shape. On the previous circle select the right point and move it further to the right or even delete it, thus leaving a semi circle. Click on which point you want to edit and perform actions. If you want to edit an individual anchor point then you may click on the direct selection tool. You can move them around, edit or delete them. If you take a look on the toolbar, the selection tools are illustrated below:īy clicking on the selection tool you can select entire shapes and objects. So we will briefly discuss the selection possibilities available in Illustrator. Knowing which selection tool is appropriate to use can prove quite time saving. Selecting shapes, objects, points etc is of primary importance when working in Illustrator.