"Delete Hidden Layers" - Add this, please!

[JaGold]

Hi! One of my go to menu items in PS is "Delete Hidden Layers" accessed by right-clicking on the layers palette. This is a valuable feature that I'm kind of surprised still hasn't found it's way to Affinity products yet. 

If you could also add it to the "Layer" drop-down that would make sense too. 

 

Thanks!

[loukash]

You can add a specific color tag to each layer while you're disabling it. For example, usually I'm using the Gray tag for any "throwaway" layers.
In the end, just select "Select Same Tag Color" from the context menu and click the Remove Layer button.

[carl123]

First make sure no Layer is selected in the Layers panel, then.... 

Layer > Show All

All hidden layers will be unhidden but they will all be selected so just hit the delete key/icon

[loukash]

13 minutes ago, carl123 said:

All hidden layers will be unhidden but they will all be selected so just hit the delete key/icon

Interesting! I didn't notice that yet. 

[Old Bruce]

10 hours ago, carl123 said:

First make sure no Layer is selected in the Layers panel, then.... 

Layer > Show All

All hidden layers will be unhidden but they will all be selected so just hit the delete key/icon

Really neat trick. But I think this might be a bug. Seems to me to be utterly unintuitive.

[loukash]

3 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

But I think this might be a bug. Seems to me to be utterly unintuitive.

I don't think so. By keeping them selected, you can hide them all again with just one click or command.

[JaGold]

Ah interesting tips guys! 

The Layer > Show All is a great workaround. 

I like the idea of using color tags to sort layers too, although I see the limitations at scale when working with hundreds of layers that are nested. HOWEVER, if you merge your two methods together: you can find hundreds of hidden nested layers via the Layer > Show All, then while they are highlighted, tag them Grey, then hide them again (for later removal). This could work 🤔

[loukash]

15 minutes ago, JaGold said:

I see the limitations at scale when working with hundreds of layers that are nested

Also note that even though nested objects inherit parent layer's color tags visually in the Layers panel, the actual tag is not being applied to them. I vaguely remember reporting it as a bug or "improvement request" last year or so.

[JaGold]

5 hours ago, loukash said:

Also note that even though nested objects inherit parent layer's color tags visually in the Layers panel, the actual tag is not being applied to them. I vaguely remember reporting it as a bug or "improvement request" last year or so.

I did notice this too. Seems similar to Photoshop in that way. Would get confusing, I understand what you're saying.

[JaGold]

Hey I just found the MACRO tab (and the LIBRARY tab where it saves them) I created a macro that solves this problem 100%... Well 95%... I mean it would be nicer to have a right-click option to Delete Hidden Layers, but I'm happy! (and kind of excited to see what else I can do with macros) 

[JaGold]

2 minutes ago, JaGold said:

Hey I just found the MACRO tab (and the LIBRARY tab where it saves them) I created a macro that solves this problem 100%... Well 95%... I mean it would be nicer to have a right-click option to Delete Hidden Layers, but I'm happy! (and kind of excited to see what else I can do with macros) 

Unfortunately doesn't look like we can add any Shortcut hotkey to a uniquely created macro.