# Chapter 7: Difficulty Selecting Objects

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**Created:** [November 6, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/chapter-7-difficulty-selecting-objects/124370 "2020-11-06T18:03:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![cisforcojo](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/cisforcojo/32/102288_2.png) [@cisforcojo](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/cisforcojo)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/chapter-7-difficulty-selecting-objects/124370/1 "2020-11-06T18:03:08Z")

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It can be difficult to select objects because afaik there’s no object list to choose from. All selections must be done from the scene and the objects have identical sizes and matching positions (there’s z-fighting with the author photo and Batman).

@chrislanguage Is there any advice you can give on how to do something like: " To do this, select **BioPage** , **AuthorPage1** , **AuthorPage2** and **ContactPage** , then add a **Hide** action."

I can select the BioPage and if I rotate the scene, can select **AuthorPage1** if I click the back, but I am having trouble selecting **AuthorPage2** or **ContactPage**.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![adamsmorgantom](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/adamsmorgantom/32/105896_2.png) [@adamsmorgantom](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/adamsmorgantom)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/chapter-7-difficulty-selecting-objects/124370/2 "2020-11-17T19:19:12Z")

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I was having the same issue in selecting objects. The kludgy way I got around it was to temporary change the location of the objects until I got them all hooked up.

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**Author:** ![keydogg](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/keydogg/32/102075_2.png) [@keydogg](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/keydogg)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/chapter-7-difficulty-selecting-objects/124370/3 "2020-12-07T20:37:07Z")

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+100 on this!

There appears to be no workaround for this other than what @adamsmorgantom suggested. Hopefully a future version of Reality Composer will object list in the UI.

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**Author:** ![warplydesigned](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/warplydesigned/32/110598_2.png) [@warplydesigned](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/warplydesigned)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/chapter-7-difficulty-selecting-objects/124370/4 "2021-01-29T04:19:58Z")

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Glad I’m not the only one who was super lost on how to do this. Talk about an oversight this software is a LONG way to go… But shame on this book to not explain how to select the objects in an example they provide… 👎

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**Author:** ![multitudes](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/multitudes/32/81494_2.png) [@multitudes](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/multitudes)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/chapter-7-difficulty-selecting-objects/124370/5 "2021-02-04T15:33:28Z")

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Yeah +1! I was smitten at first. I cannot believe Apple’s Reality Composer doesn’t give us a list of the objects. I looked everywhere first, then I gave up and changed the z values to be able to select them. In doing so I had to start again of course 😉