# Changing properties of selected objects simultaneously

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/changing-properties-of-selected-objects-simultaneously/12806
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 3, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/changing-properties-of-selected-objects-simultaneously/12806 "2023-09-03T11:59:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![mardar](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mardar/32/12337_2.png) [@mardar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mardar)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/changing-properties-of-selected-objects-simultaneously/12806/1 "2023-09-03T11:59:17Z")

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I’m aware of this post [link](https://www.paraview.org/pipermail/paraview/2017-May/040027.html) but I think it should be another way to change the selected object’s coloring or representation simultaneously without using filters or links. It only changes the last selected object’s property. It would be great if there were a way to do it easily just by using gui.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2023, 6:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/changing-properties-of-selected-objects-simultaneously/12806/2 "2023-09-04T06:55:35Z")

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Hi @mardar

So you want to use links without using links, I’m a bit confused here. What are links not achieving for you ?

Best,

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### Author: ![mardar](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mardar/32/12337_2.png) [@mardar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mardar)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/changing-properties-of-selected-objects-simultaneously/12806/3 "2023-09-04T07:51:03Z")

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Hi @mwestphal,

For example, in my work, there are 20-30 pipeline objects. However, I could only perform the linking process in pairs, which requires repetitive linking processes. Is it possible to link all of them at once?

Best,

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2023, 7:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/changing-properties-of-selected-objects-simultaneously/12806/4 "2023-09-04T07:52:26Z")

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You should be able to automatize that with python scripting.

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### Author: ![mardar](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mardar/32/12337_2.png) [@mardar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mardar)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/changing-properties-of-selected-objects-simultaneously/12806/5 "2023-09-04T08:20:49Z")

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Thanks for your reply : )

I don’t encounter any issues with linking in the representation. However, how should I go about linking the coloring feature? When I link two sources in object linking mode, the coloring behaviors aren’t being linked. I also couldn’t find the coloring feature under property linking mode.

![Selection_005](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/310f5bc0da1c558a669f4035fc512c7036845e45.png)

 ![Selection_006](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0c289f0ed1af8675bc4f50aac3ffd9604566cbe2.png)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2023, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/changing-properties-of-selected-objects-simultaneously/12806/6 "2023-09-04T08:33:15Z")

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You need to link the representations.