Selecting
Selection in Pose Mode is very similar to the one in Edit Mode, with a few deviations: You can only select whole bones in Pose Mode, not roots/tips...
Box Select
Reference
- Mode:
All Modes
- Menu:
- Shortcut:
B
Interactive box selection.
Circle Select
Reference
- Mode:
All Modes
- Menu:
- Shortcut:
C
Interactive circle selection.
Lasso Select
Reference
- Mode:
All modes
- Menu:
- Shortcut:
Ctrl-Alt-LMB
See Select Lasso.
Select Mirror
Reference
- Mode:
Edit Mode
- Menu:
- Shortcut:
Shift-Ctrl-M
Flip the selection from one side to another.
Constraint Target
Reference
- Mode:
Pose Mode
- Menu:
Todo.
Linked
Reference
- Mode:
Pose Mode
- Menu:
- Shortcut:
Ctrl-L
Selects all the bones in the chain which the active (last selected) bone belongs to.
- All Forks
Selects all bones connected to the active bone even if the branch off from the current bone.
![]() A single selected bone. |
![]() Its whole chain selected with Linked. |
Select More/Less
Reference
- Mode:
Pose Mode
- Menu:
- Parent [, Child ]
You can deselect the active bone and select its immediate parent or one of its children.
- Extend Parent Shift-[, Extend Child Shift-]
Similar to Parent/Child but it keeps the active bone in the selection.
Grouped
Reference
- Mode:
Pose Mode
- Menu:
- Shortcut:
Shift-G
You can select bones based on their group and/or layer, through the Select Grouped pop-up menu Shift-G:
- Layer
To select all bones belonging to the same layer(s) as the selected ones, use the In Same Layer entry.
- Group
To select all bones belonging to the same group(s) as the selected ones, use the In Same Group entry.
- Keying Set
ToDo.
Select Pattern
Reference
- Mode:
Object Mode
- Menu:
Selects all bones whose name matches a given pattern. Supported wild-cards: * matches everything, ? matches any single character, [abc] matches characters in "abc", and [!abc] match any character not in "abc". As an example *house* matches any name that contains "house", while floor* matches any name starting with "floor".
- Case Sensitive
The matching can be chosen to be case sensitive or not.
- Extend
When Extend checkbox is checked the selection is extended instead of generating a new one.