To Select Layers In The Document Window; To Select A Layer In A Group; To Group And Ungroup Layers; To Add Layers To A Group - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

To select layers in the document window

1 Select the Move tool
Do one of the following:
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(Photoshop) In the options bar, select Auto Select Layer and click in the document on the layer content you want
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to select. The topmost layer containing pixels under the cursor is selected.
(Photoshop) In the options bar, select Auto Select Group and click in the document on the content you want to
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select. The topmost group containing pixels under the cursor is selected. If you click an ungrouped layer, it
becomes selected.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) in the image, and choose a layer from the context menu. The
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context menu lists all the layers that contain pixels under the current pointer location.
(ImageReady) In the options bar, select the Layer Select tool
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it, in a group to select the entire group, or in a layer in a set to select only that layer. Note that you can't select locked
layers with this tool.
(ImageReady) In the options bar, select the Direct Select tool
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set to select the individual layer.

To select a layer in a group

1 Click the group in the Layers palette.
To open the group, do one of the following:
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Click the triangle to the left of the folder icon
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• Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac OS) the triangle to the left of the folder icon and choose Open This
Group from the pop-up menu. (You can choose Open Other Groups to open groups that are not selected.)
Click the individual layer in the group.
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To group and ungroup layers

Select multiple layers in the Layers palette.
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2 Do one of the following:
Choose Layer > Group Layers.
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Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) layers to the folder icon at the bottom of the Layers palette to group
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the layers.
To Ungroup the layers, select the group and choose Layer > Ungroup Layers.
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To add layers to a group

Do one of the following:
Select the group in the Layers palette and click the New Layer button
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• Drag a layer to the group folder.
Drag a group folder into another group folder. The group and all of its layers move.
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Drag an existing group to the New Group button
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. Click in the document on a single layer to select
. Click in the document on a layer within a layer
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