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You can tell a lot about an item in Illustrator from its target icon in the Layers panel. The target icon is the circular icon that appears to the right of an item in the panel.
• A single empty circle means the item is not targeted and has no appearance attributes beyond a single fill and a single stroke.
• A double empty circle means the item is not targeted and has no appearance attributes beyond a single fill and a single stroke.
• A single shaded circle means the item is targeted and has no appearance attributes beyond a single fill and a single stroke
• A double shaded circle means the item is targeted and has appearance attributes
Also note that you can shift-click target icons to select multiple items, which can be easier than selecting them on the artboard in some cases.
This article was last modified on January 9, 2017
This article was first published on January 9, 2017
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