Select a path – Adobe Photoshop CS3 User Manual
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Separate path components selected
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.
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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.
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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).
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