: Change Illustrator's Selection Hotkeys it seems illustrator adds and subtracts to selection with the same command: shift + click. I want to change this so that adding command is shift + click
it seems illustrator adds and subtracts to selection with the same command: shift + click. I want to change this so that adding command is shift + click while subtracting is ctrl + click.
This would make things so much easier, for example: I have many straight lines from end to end of the artwork. Some lines though, are shorter. I want to select all the short lines, which vary in length, but are still shorter than the bigger ones.
Currently, I select all lines and then I have to shift click every long line to deselect it.
If the commands could change, I could select all lines, then ctrl+click and create a selection window barely touching the longest lines, deselecting them.
This would be coherent with many software out there such as Autocad, Rhino, etc.
Thanks
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Adobe does not allow you to do this change, easily*, those buttons are reserved for other use**. I am not disputing that it wouldn't be useful. However, all designs have a limitation of some kind. These limitations are part of the makeup of the inherent design of an application. Sometimes you have to take the good with the bad. In case of all Adobe applications you have to accept that Adobe is less than willing to make changes to things like this.
* It is possible to make this kind of change, but not with that key combo**, if you want to make your own selection tool in the API. This is a bit involved as you must program several key elements again, as Adobe does not expose all functionality neatly. Its not a big deal though. Id estimate that it is a month or two of work for a adobe plugin writer expert. However as a single user this would be cost prohibitive and still not deliver exactly what you want.
** Part of Adobes design is that control and control, alt is bound to a tool override, which is useful. Adobe can not reroute these buttons or they will have a lot of angry customers at their hand from removing central functionality. So for users it is a win lose situation. The problem is that these buttons are reserved for other uses. Unfortunately, this design decision was made and it is very hard to go back on it as they already have millions of users invested in the functionality.
TL;DR
No. Nothing we can do about this within reason. Sorry.
In Illustrator, you can modify existing keyboard shortcuts (Edit > Keybard Shortcuts...) but I don't think you can create new commands and apply shortcuts to them (if I'm wrong on this, please let me know!).
Try selecting all of the lines, then, holding down Shift, drag a selection marquee over the ends of the longer ones.
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