Is there any way in the default preview mode to preview selected components regardless of the component’s preview setting? I really like the “selected only preview” mode because I can see exactly what each component is doing by selecting it. I actually usually work in this mode. But this becomes pro…

@DavidRutten any ideas? Maybe a feature for 2.0?

There’s a new feature in gh for Rhino 7 which allows you to draw a boundary around some components which you want to preview. The button for that is next to the Preview Selected toggle on the canvas toolbar. It’s not exactly what you’re asking for, but maybe close enough? [Preview Boundary …

@DavidRutten Interesting, but I’m not sure this is more efficient than just selecting multiple components in “selected only preview” mode. Would it be difficult to enable the preview of any selected components regardless of preview on or off? I see three levels of preview: 1 - preview components …

Not sure if youve had any luck finding an plugins that might solve this, you basically describe my workflow as well so would love to see this implemented.

Very old problem, i am solving it by pressing visibility hotkeys. Would be fantastic if they made this. But i guess David is working on gh 2 all the time now

Also the preview boundary option does not work with the new custom preview component. [image] Reported already last year… Grasshopper Preview Boundary failing - #2 by jessesn

[image] Preview selected Grasshopper Hi everyone. I got tired of clicking shortcuts to turn on and off my preview. So today I made a simple plug in that i am sharing with you. It adds one more option to preview modes - follow selection. Its like preview sele…

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dfytz1 March 29, 2026, 11:45am 8

I made a plug in to fix that

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