How to Group and Ungroup Elements Together

This article will cover:

• What is Grouping?
• How to Group Elements Together
• How to Ungroup Elements
• What You Can Do with Grouped Elements
• What You Cannot Do with Grouped Elements

What is grouping

Grouping is a feature that allows you to combine multiple elements into a single entity. This makes it easier to move, resize, and manage the elements collectively.

How to group elements together

1. Select the elements you want to group by holding down the Shift key on your keyboard and clicking on each element
2. In the left-hand menu, find the Group Objects option
3. Toggle the switch to Yes to group the selected element

How to ungroup elements

There are a couple of ways to ungroup elements. Here are two:

1. Select the grouped element you wish to ungroup.
2. In the left-hand menu, scroll down and click on the Ungroup option.

Or

1. Select the grouped element you wish to ungroup.
2. In the left-hand menu, find the Group Objects option.
3. Toggle the switch to No to ungroup the selected elements.
   
   

What You Can Do with Grouped Elements

• Move the grouped elements around
• Change the size of the grouped elements
• Align and Arrange the elements
• Change the Transparency of the grouped elements

What You Cannot Do with Grouped Elements

• You cannot lock all of the elements at once because different element types can have different locking settings

Lastly individual elements within a group can be easily edited by clicking the Group elements button that will briefly appear when clicking on any element within a group. Follow the steps to below to accomplish this:

1. Click on Group Elements option
2. Select element to be edited in the panel
3. Click Isolation Mode button to bring element to foreground
4. Make edits to the element
5. Select Preview to check out what the edits will look like OR Done to set the edited element back to its original location