Automatically locating layer in layers panel

[Tokamak]

I did something, and now when I select a layer with ctrl+click, the layers panel automatically jumps to showing that layer in the list, including opening any groups it is in.

This means if I want to be looking at a specific list of layers in the layers panel, I can't keep the view there, because it keeps jumping around and opening groups I didn't want opened. For a document with a couple hundred objects/layers. this is kind of a problem.

This isn't how it used to work. Normally when I select a layer with ctrl+click, I have to use ctrl+K to cause the layers panel to reveal the currently selected layer, otherwise the layers panel stays as it was.

I don't know what I did. Does anyone know how I get the default behavior back?

 

Thanks!

[Tokamak]

One further problem: ctrl+click is selecting hidden layers. This means I can't select layers lower down in the stack, even if I hide the layers above. What the heck did I do?

[GaryLearnTech]

I think you want to toggle the following setting:

Preferences > User Interface > Auto-scroll to show selection in Layers panel

[Tokamak]

5 minutes ago, GaryLearnTech said:

I think you want to toggle the following setting:

Preferences > User Interface > Auto-scroll to show selection in Layers panel

That did it. Thank you!

I wonder what on earth I did to change that. The change happened when I was just using the program. One second the behavior wasn't there, and another it was. I haven't been into the preference window in ages.

 

Oh well, thanks for the help!

[GaryLearnTech]

@Tokamak I believe it is a new feature that came with the recent v1.9 update (I've not been paying close attention for a while and am only now getting back up to speed).  I've seen a few posts where users have been caught out by it.