The Parts and Whole: DR Hide/Show

By Geep 2022

Found under the top-level "View" menu, "Hide/Show" has 3 options:

• "Hide Selected" (or shortcut H).
• "Hide Deselected" (Ctrl+Shift~H)
• "Show hidden" (Ctrl~H). Undoes the effect of above two.

Typical Uses

These commands are great for temporarily hiding specific sets of objects, including ad-hoc sets formed with DR’s Groups or Selection Sets. "Hide Deselected" allows just a current item of interest to be seen and manipulated.

As an example, consider a sprawling DR Group, that you need to Ungroup temporarily to get at an individual member, thusly:

1. Select just that Group with Shift~LMB
2. Hide Deselected
3. Ungroup Selection
4. ESC to clear all
5. Select the individual member, and do what you want with it
6. Re-Select all (e.g., ESC to clear all, I to invert selection)
7. Group Selection (restoring the original Group)
8. Show hidden

By doing the "Hide Deselected" in step 2, getting just want you want selected for group inclusion in step 6 may be much faster.

See Also

The Parts and Whole: Overview