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I can’t emphasize enough how important this feature is for me. It is basically the one thing I hate about AF. Esp. since the layer name inputs are so difficult to click (fitt’s law?). And the input frequently loses focus after the first character. 
I could understand the argument of hard to implement focus handling. But explaining to users that this request is not valid is just a plain insult. The request is super well articulated and the reasoning “you have to select a layer first” is just wrong. 90% of the time there is a layer selected, I know which one and pressing CMD+R or a similar hot key could set the keyboard focus to this layer name. You wouldn’t even need to scroll it into visibility (I think SketchApp) doesn’t do this. If the panel is not open or there no or multiple selected layer do nothing.
Alternatively a new layer dialog that asks for a name would be a great alternative. A very long time ago I actually tought courses on Photoshop. One of the first thing I told my students, was that the “correct” keyboard shortcut for new layer is CTRL+Shift+N.
Now I look at my affinity files and cringe because named layers are the exception.
 

I can’t emphasize enough how important this feature is for me. It is basically the one thing I hate about AF. Esp. since the layer name inputs are so difficult to click (fitt’s law?). And the input frequently loses focus after the first character. 
I could understand the argument of hard to implement focus handling. But explaining to users that this request is not valid is just a plain insult. The request is super well articulated and the reasoning “you have to select a layer first” is just wrong. 90% of the time there is a layer selected, I know which one and pressing CMD+R or a similar hot key could set the keyboard focus to this layer name. You wouldn’t even need to scroll it into visibility (I think SketchApp) doesn’t do this. If the panel is not open or there no or multiple selected layer do nothing.
Alternatively a new layer dialog that asks for a name would be a great alternative. A very long time ago I actually tought courses on Photoshop. One of the first thing I told my students, was that the “correct” keyboard shortcut for new layer is CTRL+Shift+N.
Now I look at my affinity files and cringe because named layers are the exception.
 

I can’t emphasize enough how important this feature is for me. It is basically the one thing I hate about AF. Esp. since the layer name inputs are so difficult to click (fitt’s law?). And the input frequently loses focus after the first character. 
I could understand the argument of hard to implement focus handling. But explaining to users that this request is not valid is just a plain insult. The request is super well articulated and the reasoning “you have to select a layer first” is just wrong. 90% of the time there is a layer selected, I know which one and pressing CMD+R or a similar hot key could set the keyboard focus to this layer name. You wouldn’t even need to scroll it into visibility (I think SketchApp) doesn’t do this. If the panel is not open or there no or multiple selected layer do nothing.
Alternatively a new layer dialog that asks for a name would be a great alternative. A very long time ago I actually tought courses on Photoshop. One of the first thing I told my students, was that the “correct” keyboard shortcut for new layer is CTRL+Shift+N.
Now I look at my affinity files and cringe because named layers are the exception.
 

I can’t emphasize enough how important this feature is for me. It is basically the one thing I hate about AF. Esp. since the layer name inputs are so difficult to click (fitt’s law?). And the input frequently loses focus after the first character. 
I could understand the argument of hard to implement focus handling. But explaining to users that this request is not valid is just a plain insult. The request is super well articulated and the reasoning “you have to select a layer first” is just wrong. 90% of the time there is a layer selected, I know which one and pressing CMD+R or a similar hot key could set the keyboard focus to this layer name. You wouldn’t even need to scroll it into visibility (I think SketchApp) doesn’t do this. If the panel is not open or there no or multiple selected layer do nothing.
Alternatively a new layer dialog that asks for a name would be a great alternative. A very long time ago I actually tought courses on Photoshop. One of the first thing I told my students, was that the “correct” keyboard shortcut for new layer is CTRL+Shift+N.
Now I look at my affinity files and cringe because named layers are the exception.