Closing Open Layers

[Ammar]

Hi

Is there an option to close and collapse all open cascading layers at one single command ? in affinity designer for Mac.

Kindest Regards

[Brian_J]

On Windows, ‘Collapse all’ is in the right-click context menu. Does control-click bring up that menu on a Mac?

[Ammar]

Theres no collapse all on Mac just collapse selection

[Brian_J]

Ah, I misunderstood your question. I’m not in front of my computer, so don’t know how the command is worded, but the layers/folders have to be selected. I don’t think there’s a way to collapse all layers without selecting them first. 

[Ammar]

Exactly this is what I mean, if I need to select them first then I can close them, its very annoying you have to close many layers 25 or more manually !

[Brian_J]

You can select the top layer, then scroll to the bottom off the layers panel and use whatever key + mouse click is required on a Mac to select everything from the first selection to the last, and collapse them all at once. Not exactly what you want, but it’s quicker than selecting and closing all the layers individually. 

[Ammar]

That would be the best solution for now , thanks allot.

[Brian_J]

@Ammar I thought of your post as I was working just now. Are you using Designer v1 or v2?

In Affinity v2 apps for Windows, there is a new collapse option — Collapse All Parents — which allows everything to be collapsed without having to select multiple layers. Not sure if you're using v1... I can't imagine why that option would be missing in v2 for Mac.

[Ammar]

Thanks for the info, I didn’t upgrade yet to v2 so I think it’s there for Mac as well, good news

Regards