diff --git a/src/commands/view/SelectParent.js b/src/commands/view/SelectParent.js
index 2629f7fee..6b5ad8461 100644
--- a/src/commands/view/SelectParent.js
+++ b/src/commands/view/SelectParent.js
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 module.exports = {
 
   run(editor) {
-    const comp = editor.getSelected();
-    const coll = comp && comp.collection;
-    coll && coll.parent && editor.select(coll.parent);
+    var comp = editor.getSelected() && editor.getSelected().parent();
+
+    // recurse through the parent() chain until a selectable parent is found
+    while (comp && !comp.get("selectable")) {
+      comp = comp.parent();
+    }
+
+    comp && editor.select(comp);
   }
 
 };