Selecting multiple objects in unity editor

Hello,

I have a complex scene where I have to move lots of objects around while editing the scene.

Is there a way I can use the mouse to select a region of objects in the "scene view" window, then be able to drag them to the desired position as a group?

It seems unity doesn't allow me to do that, when i try to select a region using the mouse by clicking and dragging to make a selection box around the items i want selected, they dont get selected.

Instead seems the only way to do it is by holding CTRL, and clicking on each object individually. This gets extremely tedious really fast when you have lots of tiny objects you want moved as a group.

Anybody knows why I cant just use the mouse to outline a region of objects in the "scene view" window, then drag them around like other programs allows me to do?

Thanks

 

Selecting objects in scene with a selection box works fine for me. Do your GameObjects have anything visible?

 

Yes lots of visible, sometimes it works sometimes not!

 

The problem with Scene View selection box is that it doesn't seem to respect [SelectionBase] Attribute, instead selecting child objects with meshes or colliders willy-nilly, and if you're not careful and realize you are not selecting parent objects, you'll just be moving child local positions around insanely.

Anyone have a solution for box selection that would respect SelectionBaseAttribute or work similarly?

Example case: I have a huge floor object, covered by various level obstacle objects all over the place, and I'd like to select all obstacles and move them as a group - I can box select and then deselect the floor, except that the obstacles child objects are selected instead of obstacle root objects.

 

Sometimes i select something in the scene, and its not highlighted in the hierarchy, so you cant find it, i wonder why that happens?

 

Has someone figured out how to deal with this?

 

I'd like to know too.. is there a setting I turned off?

Selecting things in unity is a game of chance, when there's allot of objects. I can't seem to drag select objects even when I've isolated them from other objects..

 

2020 and I would still love to do it

 

I came here yesterday looking for an answer, figured it out later, and thought I'd share. The canvas was blocking me from selecting multiple objects. Either by CRTL-Click or Click-drag. In the top right, Layers dropdown, click the hide button on "5:UI".

 

Well done! Thanks

 

Right on this helped me too, thanks

 

Thank you
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