Using cmd+click selects the Frame (and top-level Frames) when clicking into the background.
Using cmd+dragging selects a group’s content.
Before Athens/Beta, cmd+dragging in the empty artboard would start a marquee for selecting group contents.
Now, it selects and drags the Frame.
I can still start the cmd+drag outside on the canvas, and it works. But now in top-level frames anymore.
Is this a voluntary change?
Hey there!
You can use the X marquee selection tool to perform this action!
- Press and hold X
- Marquee your selection (for example the contents of a group)
- If you select all elements within the group, the app will correctly choose the group they’re within automatically.

Hi Paul,
yes, I’ve started using the marquee tool, and noticed it works the same way.
I just haven’t build the muscle memory yet and keep doing it with command.
I was just wondering why the cmd way was broken as they were co-existing before.
Thanks.