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Seleting individual objects across layers

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  • November 5, 2025
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Given a diagram that includes two layers - one for objects and one for labels - I would like to be able to select a single object with its corresponding label so that I can move the pair while maintaining their relative positions. 

 

I cannot do this today because when clicking and dragging to select the object and label results in selecting the object (assuming the “object” layer is currently active) and the entire “label” layer.

 

I do not want the objects a labels to share a layer because I want to be able to quickly show/hide all labels. 

 

My recommended implementation would be to all the user to hold a modifier key (e.g. alt/option) while clicking and dragging which would allow for sub-selections within currently inactive layers. 

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Zuzia S
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  • Lucid community team
  • November 6, 2025

Hi ​@bleen18, thanks for this idea! We encourage anyone else who’s interested in this to upvote this post and share any additional details about your use case or what you’d like to see in this experience. For more information about how we manage feedback in this community, please take a look at this post:

Cheers!