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InDesign Temporary Direct Selection Tool

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    • May 28, 2018 at 8:48 am #104074
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Hello everyone,

      On Illustrator, I can cmd+click on a corner to activate direct selection tool temporary, but I can’t figure out how to do so on InDesign, any hints?

    • May 28, 2018 at 4:12 pm #104076
      Graham Park
      Member

      Have you tried the keyboard shortcuts for selecting the tool? The tool hits will show you these.
      Pen Tool P
      Add point +
      Delete point –
      Convert point shift+C
      Then just select the next tool you want

    • May 29, 2018 at 12:46 am #104080
      Vinny –
      Member

      Hi
      I am not aware of such a hotkey in Indesign…
      I’m afraid you have to switch permanently to direct selection (hitting <kbd>A<\kbd> or <kbd>Crtl<\kbd>+<kbd>Tab<\kbd>)
      Tip: assuming you had your object already selected, all anchors points are now selected by default. To select directly the one you want, you can hit <kbd>Crtl<\kbd>+<kbd>Alt<\kbd>. While the cursor changes to a tailless white arrow, click on the desired anchor to deselect all the others. Release and drag.
      Please note the shortcuts are for PC…
      I know this does not really answer your question, but maybe someone else will come with a direct solution…

    • May 29, 2018 at 12:47 am #104081
      Kai Rübsamen
      Member

      You can press and hold the A-key while dragging. If you let go the mouse, the previous tool is active.

      Kai

    • May 29, 2018 at 1:56 am #104083
      Vinny –
      Member

      Nice one Kai!
      Now, selecting the anchor could still be a bit of a pain.
      Click and drag to select it is great if there’s no object behind.
      Otherwise Ctrl + Alt + Click + release Ctrl + Alt + dragging while holding the A-key works. I have played with it and I must say I feel more like a pianist than a graphic designer ^^

    • May 29, 2018 at 3:04 am #104084
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Kai! that is exactly what I was looking for! thank you all anyway and yeh Vinny I understand the struggle but well, thank you all again!

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