Lock

Toolbar	Menu	Shortcut
Lock Popup Standard Visibility	Edit Visibility > Lock	Command ⌘ + L

Toolbar

Shortcut

Toolbar: Lock | Popup | Standard | Visibility

Edit

Visibility >

Lock

The Lock command sets the state of selected objects so they can be seen and snapped to, but cannot be selected for editing.

Note

You cannot select locked objects.
You can snap to locked objects.
Use the Layer dialog box to lock all objects on a layer.

Steps

Select objects to lock, and press Enter.

Related commands

Unlock

Toolbar	Menu	Shortcut
Lock Visibility Popup Standard	Edit Visibility > Unlock	Command ⌘ + Alt + L

Toolbar

Shortcut

Toolbar: Lock | Visibility

Lock
Visibility

Toolbar: Popup | Standard

Popup

Standard

Edit

Visibility >

Unlock

Command ⌘ + Alt + L

The Unlock command unlocks all locked objects.

UnlockSelected

Toolbar	Menu	Shortcut
Lock Visibility	Edit Visibility > Unlock Selected	Command ⌘ + Shift + L

Toolbar

Shortcut

Toolbar: Lock | Visibility

Lock
Visibility

Edit

Visibility >

Unlock Selected

Command ⌘ + Shift + L

The UnlockSelected command unlocks selected locked objects.

LockSwap

Toolbar	Menu
Lock Visibility	Edit Visibility > Swap Lock and Unlocked

Toolbar

Toolbar: Lock | Visibility

Lock
Visibility

Edit

Visibility >

Swap Lock and Unlocked

The LockSwap command locks all unlocked objects and unlocks all previously locked objects.

Lock

Note

Steps

Related commands

Unlock

UnlockSelected

LockSwap

See also