Comment 2 for bug 170561

Originator: NO

I agree as well. In Illustrator, when you use the direct selection tool
(like the node selection tool) you can select anchor points across numerous
objects. Unlike the commenter from 2006, I'd like to be able to do this
without having to pre-select the objects, rather, it should select all the
visible and non-locked nodes which are contained the area I selected. If I
*do* have objects already selected, then perhaps it should limit node
selection to the nodes within those objects.