# Selecting filter on pipeline browser from renderViewer object
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/selecting-filter-on-pipeline-browser-from-renderviewer-object/17629
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 22, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/selecting-filter-on-pipeline-browser-from-renderviewer-object/17629 "2026-06-22T09:09:34Z")
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### Author:  [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/selecting-filter-on-pipeline-browser-from-renderviewer-object/17629/1 "2026-06-22T09:09:34Z")
Hello,
if i have a bunch of filters showing on the renderViewer, is there any way to lets say, ‘click’ a specific cell and that the filter that has this cell will be selected (SetActiveSource()) to know which filter corresponds to a specific object on the render? or any ‘simple’ way to select on the pipeline browser a object that is being displayed on the renderViewer? currently i hide one by one the ones that have the open eye till the one i was looking disapears on the renderViewer…
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### Author:  [@Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenneth_Moreland)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2026, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/selecting-filter-on-pipeline-browser-from-renderviewer-object/17629/2 "2026-06-22T11:10:29Z")
Assuming your filters are drawn as opaque surfaces, there are several select modes that will make the corresponding pipeline source active. **Select Cells On** (hotkey s), **Select Points On** (hotkey d), and **Select Block** (hotkey b) will all make the pipeline source containing your selection active.
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### Author:  [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/selecting-filter-on-pipeline-browser-from-renderviewer-object/17629/3 "2026-06-22T11:15:25Z")
thanks, strangely when i tried with one of the selecting options it did not selected automatically on the pipeline… (i tested what you mentioned and it worked flawlessly!)