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Select matching layers/objects is not working?

  • August 19, 2024
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I have a frame with three identical symbols inside:

CleanShot 2024-08-17 at 16.20.15

As far as I can tell, all three layers qualify to be “matching” according to this article.
However, when I press either the button at the top, or the shortcut, I get the message below:
CleanShot 2024-08-17 at 16.20.26

I pulled out this frame as an example, but I obviously have a larger design I’m working on where I would really benefit from being able to select all matching layers at once. I feel like this used to work but doesn’t anymore. What am I missing?

I’m still on the old UI. Can’t really tell when I received the latest update…

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    Best answer by Raphael_M

    You won’t be able to select matching layers them since they are in the same frame. They need to be on separate frames for you to use that. What I mean by separate frame is separate entity.

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    Raphael_M
    Raphael_M
    Power Member
    August 19, 2024

    They have to be in a different frame for it to work.

    Tamara_Did_Design
    Tamara_Did_DesignAuthor
    New Participant
    August 19, 2024

    Thank you! I suppose that makes sense. I wish I could control that but admit that my particular use case might be too narrow.

    Any idea why these two won’t match?

    CleanShot 2024-08-19 at 10.18.09@2x

    I realize that the index of these would be different, but I thought the index would only come into play if there’s more than one object with a matching name?

      Raphael_M
      Raphael_MAnswer
      Power Member
      August 20, 2024

      You won’t be able to select matching layers them since they are in the same frame. They need to be on separate frames for you to use that. What I mean by separate frame is separate entity.

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        Tamara_Did_Design
        Tamara_Did_DesignAuthor
        New Participant
        August 21, 2024

        Thank you! Not what I was hoping to hear, but makes sense and I was able to reproduce the behavior you’re describing.

        Raphael_M
        Raphael_M
        Power Member
        August 21, 2024

        Apparently, as long as they’re in the same container (frame) you wont be able to match them with select matching layers. But once you have them in different frames, even if you have the element in different indexes (I’m assuming you mean z-index), you should still be able to select matching layers them.

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