Drag select multiple items

It's hard to describe but the thing is: In Adobe XD it's not possible to to what's shown in the attachment (it's Affinity Designer). I hope you get what I mean. It's about the fact that I cant select multiple layers without also selecting the underlying layer.

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Wiredframe shared this idea · Mar 13, 2018 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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Anonymous commented · April 3, 2019 8:51 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Voted here, but also this is the same thing - https://adobexd.uservoice.com/forums/353007-adobe-xd-feature-requests/suggestions/31156282-options-for-marquee-selection-modes

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shravan kohli commented · January 9, 2019 8:41 PM · Flag as inappropriate

This should be a standard in every design softwares, there are softwares that give both inclusive and exclusive selection, but Adobe has never been a fan of Exclusive selection. They would rather that we select everything and then spend the next 5 minutes deselecting all the extra objects that came along for the ride. It teaches us patience.

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Wiredframe commented · June 27, 2018 2:11 AM · Flag as inappropriate

I guess @CoreyLucier is on vacation ^^

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Wiredframe commented · June 17, 2018 11:04 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Anyone reads this @AdobeXD? Please add this selection method as it saves a TON of time!

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Brennan commented · May 27, 2018 7:26 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Would really love this functionality! Manually selecting 20 elements is driving me crazy

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Wiredframe commented · May 24, 2018 3:32 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Corey, maybe?

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Wiredframe commented · May 24, 2018 3:32 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Anyone @AdobeXD?

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Wiredframe commented · May 17, 2018 3:42 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Any upate on this? It's really annoying to having to select multiple elements seperately.

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Anonymous commented · April 16, 2018 7:52 AM · Flag as inappropriate

What do you think @Corey, will this functionality be implemented? I really hope so, because it makes selection of layers inside complex layouts so much easier!

Thanks in advance!

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Wiredframe commented · March 15, 2018 1:08 PM · Flag as inappropriate

@Corey Yes, that would be REALLY helpful, especially for UI's that usually contain many nested and grouped layers. Thanks in advance!

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Wiredframe commented · March 15, 2018 1:06 PM · Flag as inappropriate

I'm on Windows :)

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AdminCorey Lucier (Adobe) (Admin, Adobe) commented · March 15, 2018 12:52 PM · Flag as inappropriate

FWIW shift-option-cmd is what Affinity uses on Mac.

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AdminCorey Lucier (Adobe) (Admin, Adobe) commented · March 15, 2018 12:48 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Are you using Affinity Design on Mac or Windows ? Control and Click on Mac brings up the context menu as per OS spec... alt-cmd-drag on mac already has a binding (inverts the selection as you draw the marquee).

The feature is easy enough to add, it's just finding the key modifier combo that isn't already standard in Adobe software for something else.

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Wiredframe commented · March 13, 2018 4:36 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Btw selection is made with ALT+CTRL+DRAG

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