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How do you Draw marquee to select multiple elements within a component in Figma? when editing component

I'm frustrated by the fact that attempting to draw a marquee around objects while editing a component exits component editing mode, and thus you end up selecting the whole component, not the child elements you wanted to drag a marquee around.

Use case: you have created a component with multiple objects in it. Now you wish to edit that component, select a number of themits child elements and makemaybe nudge them all a changebit to the left by the same amount. To save time (if you have lots of components) rather than SHIFT-clicking them one at a time, you'd like to draw a marquee around some of them to select them all.

When youIn most software I'm familiar with, this is done by first double-clickclicking the component to edit it (this is called "entering isolation mode"). Once you are in "isolation mode", other elements on the canvas that are not children of the element you are editing are ignored (you can't select them) allowing you to focus on the elements within the component. There's always a method to escape isolation mode (like pressing the Escape key or double-clicking on a blank area of the canvas).

But in Figma, the way you exit component edit mode is to (single) click anywhere there's a blank area of the canvas. But this is also how you initiate a marquee-drag operation!

In other words, if you click in an empty space to initiate a marquee drag interaction, you exit isolation mode and therefore can only select the component!

Is there an easy way to force Figma to stay within isolation mode so you can click anywhere on the canvas and initiate a marquee operation? Or change the key binding for exiting isolation mode?

Please note that I realize you can select items by SHIFT-clicking them either within isolation mode or in the Layers panel. But this is not always efficient or effective.How can you marquee-select child elements within a component?

How do you select multiple elements within a component in Figma?

Use case: you have created a component with multiple objects in it. Now you wish to edit that component, select a number of them and make a change to them all.

When you double-click the component to edit it in isolation mode, if you click in an empty space to initiate a marquee drag interaction, you exit isolation mode and therefore can only select the component!

Is there an easy way to force Figma to stay within isolation mode so you can click anywhere on the canvas and initiate a marquee operation?

Please note that I realize you can select items by SHIFT-clicking them either within isolation mode or in the Layers panel. But this is not always efficient or effective.

Draw marquee to select multiple elements in Figma when editing component

I'm frustrated by the fact that attempting to draw a marquee around objects while editing a component exits component editing mode, and thus you end up selecting the whole component, not the child elements you wanted to drag a marquee around.

Use case: you have created a component with multiple objects in it. Now you wish to edit that component, select a number of its child elements and maybe nudge them all a bit to the left by the same amount. To save time (if you have lots of components) rather than SHIFT-clicking them one at a time, you'd like to draw a marquee around some of them to select them.

In most software I'm familiar with, this is done by first double-clicking the component to edit it (this is called "entering isolation mode"). Once you are in "isolation mode", other elements on the canvas that are not children of the element you are editing are ignored (you can't select them) allowing you to focus on the elements within the component. There's always a method to escape isolation mode (like pressing the Escape key or double-clicking on a blank area of the canvas).

But in Figma, the way you exit component edit mode is to (single) click anywhere there's a blank area of the canvas. But this is also how you initiate a marquee-drag operation!

In other words, if you click in an empty space to initiate a marquee drag interaction, you exit isolation mode and therefore can only select the component!

Is there an easy way to force Figma to stay within isolation mode so you can click anywhere on the canvas and initiate a marquee operation? Or change the key binding for exiting isolation mode?

How can you marquee-select child elements within a component?

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Tom Auger
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How do you select multiple elements within a component in Figma?

Use case: you have created a component with multiple objects in it. Now you wish to edit that component, select a number of them and make a change to them all.

When you double-click the component to edit it in isolation mode, if you click in an empty space to initiate a marquee drag interaction, you exit isolation mode and therefore can only select the component!

Is there an easy way to force Figma to stay within isolation mode so you can click anywhere on the canvas and initiate a marquee operation?

Please note that I realize you can select items by SHIFT-clicking them either within isolation mode or in the Layers panel. But this is not always efficient or effective.