Keep Shape Selected ?



  • Is there a way to ensure that once a shape has been drawn (mainly a basic rectangle/ellipse), that it remains selected and not automatically deselected ? It's annoying having to keep changing tools to re-select the object again to modify it. In AI, you can even use the same shape tool to rotate/resize after creation.
    I've looked through all the usual culprit areas for a box to tick (once 🙂 ), but no luck.

    TIA

    Neil


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    @Igull After drawing a shape, it should stay selected (but there is no highlight indicating this).
    If you set the fill color the fill should be changed.

    In AI, you can even use the same shape tool to rotate/resize after creation

    I look into this one, how to do it.



  • @VectorStyler said in Keep Shape Selected ?:

    After drawing a shape, it should stay selected (but there is no highlight indicating this).
    If you set the fill color the fill should be changed.

    Ah, that's a bit confusing then 🙂 I did notice that after the shape had been created, if you hit V for the transform tool, the shape then became selected - which is a really odd arrangement ?
    It would certainly be good if the method that AI uses was worked out, it's quite intuitive (for my purposes at least, YMMV as they say 🙂 )

    Neil