Arrow Tool
The Arrow tool lets you select entire objects by clicking an object or dragging to enclose the object within a rectangular selection marquee.
| Note: To select the Arrow tool, you can also press the V key. To temporarily switch to the Arrow tool when another tool is active, hold down the Control key (Windows) or Command key (Macintosh). |
- To select a stroke, fill, group, instance, or text block: Select the Arrow tool and click the object.
- To select connected lines: Select the Arrow tool and double-click one of the lines.
- To select a filled shape and its stroked outline: Select the Arrow tool and double-click the fill.
- To select objects within a rectangular area: Select the Arrow tool and drag a marquee around the object or objects that you want to select. Instances, groups, and type blocks must be completely enclosed to be selected.
To move objects by dragging:
Select an object or multiple objects. Select the Arrow tool, position the pointer over the object, and drag to the new position. To copy the object and move the copy, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh). To constrain the object's movement to multiples of 45°, Shift-drag.
Subselection Arrow
You move anchor points using the Subselection tool to adjust the length or angle of straight segments or the slope of curved segments. You can nudge selected anchor points to make small adjustments.
Deleting unneeded anchor points on a curved path optimizes the curve and reduces the file size.
To move an anchor point:
Drag the point with the Subselection tool.
To nudge an anchor point or points:
Select the point or points with the Subselection tool and use the arrow keys to move the point or points.
To convert an anchor point, do one of the following:
- To convert a corner point to a curve point, use the Subselection tool to select the point, then Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh) the point to place the tangent handles.
- To convert a curve point to a corner point, click the point with the Pen tool.
