Selection Tool

The Selection Tool (also called Move Tool) is your primary tool for selecting, moving, and transforming layers on the canvas.

Shortcuts

Default Tool: The Selection Tool is active when you first open Lottie Creator.

Selecting Layers

Single Selection

Click to Select:

1. Click any layer on the canvas

2. The layer becomes selected (highlighted)

3. Transform controls appear around the layer

4. Properties appear in the right sidebar

Select from Outliner:

• •Click layer name in the Outliner panel (left sidebar)
• •Useful when layers are overlapping or hard to click

Multiple Selection

Add to Selection (Shift+Click):

1. Select first layer

2. Hold Shift and click additional layers

3. All selected layers show transform controls

Remove from Selection:

• •Hold Shift and click a selected layer to deselect it

Select All:

• •Press Ctrl/Cmd + A to select all layers in current scene
• •Or Edit → Select All

Deselect All:

• •Click empty area on canvas
• •Press Escape key

Marquee Selection

Drag to Select Multiple:

1. Click and drag on empty canvas area

2. A selection rectangle appears

3. Release to select all layers within rectangle

Advanced Selection Techniques

Locking and Hiding

Lock Layers:

• •Click lock icon in Outliner or timeline
• •Locked layers cannot be selected or moved
• •Useful for protecting background elements

Hide Layers:

• •Click eye icon in Outliner or timeline
• •Hidden layers cannot be selected
• •Useful for complex scenes with many layers

Focus Layers:

• •Click focus icon in Outliner or timeline
• •All other layers become temporarily hidden
• •Useful for precise editing

Keyboard Shortcuts

Essential shortcuts for Selection Tool:

Tool:

• •V - Activate Selection Tool

Selection:

• •Click - Select single layer
• •Shift + Click - Add to selection
• •Ctrl/Cmd + A - Select all
• •Escape - Deselect all

View:

• •Ctrl/Cmd + Click - Cycle through overlapping layers
• •Double-click - Enter group/precomp

See Complete Keyboard Shortcuts for all shortcuts.ne (not in nested precomp)