AmpedAndy Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Much of my work has many layers and objects that I need to switch on and off to make my graphics. Is there a way to change the visibility on multiple objects with one stroke? (before you say "group the objects together", I know that trick, and use it often. There are just times when that isn't a reasonable option, nor would it save steps) Any help is appreciated! Quote iMac 21.5" Mid 2011 2.5 GHz i5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Select all those layers and click the visibility checkbox of one of them on the layers list … :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmpedAndy Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 I WISH!! I've tried that, but it doesn't work. :( Quote iMac 21.5" Mid 2011 2.5 GHz i5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 21, 2016 Staff Share Posted January 21, 2016 Hi AmpedAndy, Press and hold ⌘ (cmd) clicking on the layers you want to hide in the Layers panel or ⇧ (shift) click them on canvas to select them all, then, uncheck one of them in the Layers Panel. All selected layers will be hidden. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Okay.... how about the inverse. Instead of clicking on the twenty layers I want to hide, is there a way to click on just the ONE layer I want visible that will hide everything else?? (edit: Ah... I think Alt clicking kind of does it. But As soon as you click off of that particular object everything comes back) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 21, 2016 Staff Share Posted January 21, 2016 @JoePoe, Yes, ⌥ (option/alt) clicking the layer's thumbnail, will hide everything else while you are editing that object. As soon as you deselect it all the rest becomes visible again. David and R C-R 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signguy Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 @JoePoe, Yes, ⌥ (option/alt) clicking the layer's thumbnail, will hide everything else while you are editing that object. As soon as you deselect it all the rest becomes visible again. That is an amazing tip that I had no clue about. Thanks MEB! It will certainly come in handy. However, It would be nice to be able to select multiple thumbnails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I WISH!! I've tried that, but it doesn't work. That’s strange … are you sure you followed MEB’s more detailed explanation? Still no success? :unsure: Instead of clicking on the twenty layers I want to hide, is there a way to click on just the ONE layer I want visible that will hide everything else?? Obviously, I would suggest Cmd + A, then Cmd + Click the layer you want to keep visible, and uncheck the checkbox of one of the other layers. Okay, that’s none of those one-click solutions … ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barninga Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Signguy, you can also group layers and apply the show/hide command on the group. Quote take care, stefano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmpedAndy Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Nope. I've tried every solution suggested (which I appreciate!), and no love. I've even tried combinations of solutions, nope, nothing, nada. Quote iMac 21.5" Mid 2011 2.5 GHz i5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 21, 2016 Staff Share Posted January 21, 2016 Hi AmpedAndy, Are you running any third party menu app that may be interfering with the shortcuts? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Nope. I've tried every solution suggested (which I appreciate!), and no love. I've even tried combinations of solutions, nope, nothing, nada. After you have selected multiple layers (indicated by the blue background in the Layers panel), are you sure you are clicking within the visibility checkbox of one of those layers? If you click anywhere else in that layer, it will just change the selection to that one layer. Is that what you are seeing? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 To be completely clear, it should look like this … ;) More_than_one.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barninga Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 how did you try to group the layers? select them all (cmd+click), then rightclick, then group. after this, you should be able to make the visible or unvisible just clicking in the visibility checkbox of the group Quote take care, stefano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 how did you try to group the layers? select them all (cmd+click), then rightclick, then group. after this, you should be able to make the visible or unvisible just clicking in the visibility checkbox of the group Did you notice that in his first post, AmpedAndy said "(before you say "group the objects together", I know that trick, and use it often"? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barninga Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 no... i did not pay attention to that bit. thanks for pointing it out :) Quote take care, stefano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmpedAndy Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 Thanks for all the help, but alas, it ain't working. Fine to group things, or put them in layers and hide or unhide the group or layer, but if I want to do that to a few things in a group or a layer, it just doesn't work. Quote iMac 21.5" Mid 2011 2.5 GHz i5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Thanks for all the help, but alas, it ain't working. Fine to group things, or put them in layers and hide or unhide the group or layer, but if I want to do that to a few things in a group or a layer, it just doesn't work. What things are you talking about? Every editable shape in AD is on its own layer -- the only way more than one of them can be on the same layer is if you rasterize multiple shape layers, combining them into a single pixel layer. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 2, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 2, 2016 Hi AmpedAndy, Can you record a small clip or alternatively post a sample file with your object structure and tell us what objects are you trying to hide so we can reproduce it here? There must be something that we are missing... Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmpedAndy Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Ha! Downloaded the newest version, and it all works fine. Didn't realize I was on an outdated version. Thanks for all the suggestions. Quote iMac 21.5" Mid 2011 2.5 GHz i5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipako Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 how did you try to group the layers? select them all (cmd+click), then rightclick, then group. after this, you should be able to make the visible or unvisible just clicking in the visibility checkbox of the group Is it possible that this still doesn't work for Affinity Photo on Windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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