Select layers

Layers, which include images, frames, components, groups, text, shapes, masks, slices, and so on, can be selected individually or as a group in several different ways.

Select a single layer

You can select a layer either by clicking it on the canvas or by selecting it from the Layers panel in the left sidebar.

Select on the canvas

When you click a layer on the canvas, it will have a blue bounding box with handles around its edges. If the layer is nested inside another group, frame, or some other layer, there are two ways to select it on canvas:

Hover over the layer and double-click continuously until the desired layer is selected.
Hover over the layer and hold down the Deep select shortcut keys: Mac: Command / Windows: Ctrl to drill down to the layer, this will allow you to select the layer directly.

Select in the left-side layers panel

Layers are arranged in the layers panel according to their order on the page and are named based on their layer type.
Click the arrow to the left of a frame or a group to expand and view its child layers.

Select multiple layers

When you need to set properties for multiple layers at once, you can select them in bulk using the following methods.

Select on the canvas

Hold down the Shift key and click on multiple layers to select them.
Select multiple layers by dragging the cursor across them. There are two ways to do this:

Simply drag a selection marquee across multiple layers. Any part of a layer falls within the marquee, the layer will be selected.
Hold down the Option/ Alt key while dragging a selection marquee across multiple layers. With this method, the entire layer must fall within the marquee to be selected.

Select in the left-side layers panel

To select all layers between two layers, click a layer in the Layers list, then hold down the Shift key and select another layer.
To select multiple layers individually, hold down Command/Ctrl and select any layers.

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