Select a path
Selecting a path component or path segment displays all of the anchor points on the selected portion, including any direction lines and direction points if the selected segment is curved. Direction points appear as filled circles, selected anchor points as filled squares, and unselected anchor points as hollow squares.
- Do one of the following:
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To select a path component (including a shape in a shape layer), select the Path Selection tool
, and
click anywhere inside the path component. If a path consists of
several path components, only the path component under the pointer
is selected.
To display the bounding box along
with the selected path, select Show Bounding Box in the options
bar. -
To select a path segment, select the Direct Selection tool
, and
click one of the segment’s anchor points, or drag a marquee over
part of the segment.
Drag a marquee to select segments.
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- To select additional path components or segments, select
the Path Selection tool or the Direct Selection tool, and then hold
down Shift while selecting additional paths or segments.
When the Direct Selection tool is selected,
you can select the entire path or path component by Alt-clicking
(Windows) or Option-clicking (Mac OS) inside the path.
To activate the Direct Selection tool when most other tools are
selected, position the pointer over an anchor point, and press Ctrl
(Windows) or Command (Mac OS).