Is there a way to show Layer panels as two layer panel windows so that I can copy / drag from one to the other?

[Greg T]

Hi,

I have a ton of layers and I need to drag from one folder to the other.

Is there a way to open two Layers windows so that I set them up to be beside each other and drag between each?

I know how to open and view layers.  I know how to browse layers.  I just wish I can setup two layer panels next to each other floating... so I can drag from one layer panel to another layer panel.

In order for me to use CTA 5 (Cartoon Animator 5), it has templates for me to use.  I drag and drop things into the templates to make things faster, but it would be even faster if I had two layer panel windows in Affinity Photo that I could browse and use at the same time!

Edited January 5, 2023 by Greg T
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[GarryP]

There is no way to open two Layers Panels at the same time.

However, it might be nice to be able to have more than one view of the Layers at the same time under certain circumstances.
Maybe a good candidate for a Feature Request.

[GarryP]

As an addendum to this, I’m wondering if it could be extended so we could right-click on a layer in the Layers Panel and choose an “Open Focused Layers Panel” option (my own temporary terminology).

This would open a new layers panel which only contained the (children) layers within the layer which was originally right-clicked.
This would allow us to have multiple layers panels, each focusing on a particular layer, which could be an Artboard.
This would make it easier to move layers between artboards (or layers) when the layer hierarchy is large.

Once the layer which a Focused Layers Panel is focusing on was deleted then that Focused Layers Panel would be automatically hidden.

Just a thought.

[Greg T]

22 hours ago, GarryP said:

There is no way to open two Layers Panels at the same time.

However, it might be nice to be able to have more than one view of the Layers at the same time under certain circumstances.
Maybe a good candidate for a Feature Request.

Added feature request:

 

[GarryP]

4 minutes ago, Greg T said:

Added feature request

If, in the feature request, you can add a link to this discussion then people can find more information about it, especially if this discussion continues and more suggestions/opinions are given.