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…
All
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Mode:
Pose Mode
Menu:
Select ‣ All
Shortcut:
A
Select all selectable bones.
None
Reference
Mode:
Pose Mode
Menu:
Select ‣ None
Shortcut:
Alt-A
Deselect all bones, but the active bone stays the same.
Invert
Reference
Mode:
Pose Mode
Menu:
Select ‣ Invert
Shortcut:
Ctrl-I
Toggle the selection state of all visible bones.
Box Select
Reference
Mode:
Pose Mode
Menu:
Select ‣ Box Select
Shortcut:
B
Interactive box selection.
Circle Select
Reference
Mode:
Pose Mode
Menu:
Select ‣ Circle Select
Shortcut:
C
Interactive circle selection.
Lasso Select
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Mode:
Pose Mode
Menu:
Select ‣ Lasso Select
Shortcut:
Ctrl-Alt-LMB
See Select Lasso.
Select Mirror
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Mode:
Pose Mode
Menu:
Select ‣ Select Mirror
Shortcut:
Shift-Ctrl-M
Flip the selection from one side to another.
Select More/Less
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Mode:
Pose Mode
Menu:
Select ‣ More/Less
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.
Select Grouped
Reference
Mode:
Pose Mode
Menu:
Select ‣ Select Grouped
Shortcut:
Shift-G
You can select bones, based on various properties, through the Select Grouped pop-up menu Shift-G:
Collection
Selects all bones that are share at least one bone collection with the active bone.
Color
Selects all bones that have the same color as the active bone.
Keying Set
All bones affected by active Keying Set
Select Linked
Reference
Mode:
Pose Mode
Menu:
Select ‣ Select Linked
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.
Select Pattern
Reference
Mode:
Pose Mode
Menu:
Select ‣ Select Pattern…
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.
Constraint Target
Reference
Mode:
Pose Mode
Menu:
Select ‣ Constraint Target
Select bones used as targets for the currently selected bones