How to group and ungroup annotations

Grouping lets you combine two or more annotations into a single unit. Once grouped, the annotations move, duplicate, and delete together as one, preserving their relative positions and arrangement. Use grouping when you want to keep a set of related annotations together, for example a callout paired with an arrow pointing to the same component.

Grouping annotations

You need at least two annotations selected to create a group.

1. Press V or Esc to switch to the Select tool.
2. Select two or more annotations using a marquee drag, or Ctrl/Cmd A to select all.
3. Press Ctrl/Cmd G, or click the Group button in the right toolbar.

The selected annotations are now grouped. In the Layers panel, all members of the group are highlighted together whenever any one of them is selected.

Working with a group

Clicking any member of a group automatically selects the entire group. From there, all standard operations apply to the group as a whole:

Ungrouping annotations

Ungrouping releases the annotations back into independent objects. Their positions and styles are unchanged.

1. Click any member of the group to select it. The entire group is selected.
2. Press Ctrl/Cmd Shift G, or click the Ungroup button in the right toolbar.

The annotations are now independent. You can select, move, and edit each one individually.

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