olafwelling Posted October 9, 2014 Posted October 9, 2014 When working on a vector drawing with lots of elements it is usefull to lock Cmd-L those you do not want to touch right now. I got a bit struck and first thought it was bug that CMD-SHIFT-L doesn’t set those elements free again. I understand now, that you still can select the element in the Layer list and use CMD-SHIFT-L then, but to avoid scrolling through a list of several hundred elements it would be nice to have an „Unlock all“ command in the menu. I think, this should apply only to objects (elements), not to layers – what is the opinion of other highly valued foristi? SaucyWeeTart, Jeffreytem, Raskolnikov and 3 others 6 Quote Olaf Welling Grafik-Designer https://www.olafwelling.de
CartoonMike Posted October 9, 2014 Posted October 9, 2014 For my workflow, being able to lock layers is essential because they are the first order of organization. Then I have layers within that have either groups or elements inside. If layers couldn't be locked, I'd be spending more time digging though things and locking up dozens of things. What would be handy is some kind of Toggle or inverse option that would lock what's not locked and lock the unlocked things. This could have an setting to either lock only layers or groups or all elements. A lock selected option would be good, especially if there was a checkbox or button that would Unlock others, so that basically everything would unlock and then lock only those elements/groups/layers that are currently selected. Quote Mac OS X Catinlina, 2014 iMac, 3.5 Ghz Intel Core i7, Huion Kamvas Pro 22 Graphic Tablet, 16GB RAM, MacOS10.12 || Magic keyboard w/numeric keypad, wireless trackpad, Kengsington Edge Trackball || Flux Capacitor in a secure location --- I encourage kids to go ahead and play on my lawn. I mean, how else can I make sure the death-traps work?
desult Posted November 13, 2014 Posted November 13, 2014 Is there a way to unlock all? Diving through the layers to unlock objects one by one is very time comsuming and practically imposible to get everything depending on complexity of artwork. Gonzini3000 and Raskolnikov 2 Quote
peter Posted November 13, 2014 Posted November 13, 2014 There is a similar function in music studio software: mute one/mute all/solo current track modes. Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111
Raskolnikov Posted November 14, 2014 Posted November 14, 2014 +1 and please, make the layers panel "jump" to show the actual element on the window. :) it's essential when working with hundreds of elements. SaucyWeeTart 1 Quote
CartoonMike Posted November 14, 2014 Posted November 14, 2014 An animation app, ToonBoom Animate, has a nice feature that will lighten all but the active layer. Is that kind of the "jump" you're talking about, Raskolnikov? If a "dim inactive layers" option could be incorporated, then it would be a no-brainer as to what layer is currently active and which objects can be edited. Raskolnikov 1 Quote Mac OS X Catinlina, 2014 iMac, 3.5 Ghz Intel Core i7, Huion Kamvas Pro 22 Graphic Tablet, 16GB RAM, MacOS10.12 || Magic keyboard w/numeric keypad, wireless trackpad, Kengsington Edge Trackball || Flux Capacitor in a secure location --- I encourage kids to go ahead and play on my lawn. I mean, how else can I make sure the death-traps work?
AshTeriyaki Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 I'm quite old school and in illustrator I wouldn't spend a long time noodling in the layer stack. But I've got my current workaround. I tend to lock layers a little less and using alt click selections to ignore the object currently under the cursor. But it's not ideal. What I'd love to see is selection sets, on-the-fly saveable selections of objects you can recall, lock or export in one go. Now thats a power feature! olafwelling and SaucyWeeTart 2 Quote
Hokusai Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 + 1 for "Unlock All" it saves a lot of time being able to unlock everything at once. Gonzini3000 1 Quote
retrograde Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 Forgive the repetition but, as I've suggested in a few other forum posts... much the same as right click "find in layers panel" I'd like to see a right click "lock, hide, unlock all, unhide all" Plus in Ai if you option click on the "lock" icon in the layers panel you lock all layers but the one you've clicked on VERY HANDY. CartoonMike 1 Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/
retrograde Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 The current lock - command "L" is great but in order to unlock it you need to find it in the layer stack... and you can't right click on it to do that because it's locked... the only time I have been able to unlock something using the command-shift "L" is only immediately after locking something before I click on anything else and while those "x's" are on the bounding box... This all needs revisiting IMHO. Gonzini3000 1 Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/
frip Posted December 12, 2014 Posted December 12, 2014 Unlocking layer via context menu (right click on a locked layer) would be very handy I think. I believe Sketch allow this (and Balsamiq as well). If I have many objects in the document (and I usually do), scanning through all of them in the inspector might be so painful that I tend to avoid "lock" feature. "Unlock all" might not be a good solution in case if user have 5 objects and want to unlock only one of them - he will need to lock 4 objects back manually. Context menu should work. Quote
Maxgraphic Posted December 12, 2014 Posted December 12, 2014 Why not do it the Freehand way and let locked items be selectable but not editable? Then we could simply select all and unlock. Quote
retrograde Posted December 14, 2014 Posted December 14, 2014 I think I'd rather not be able to select something I've locked at all. Most of the time I lock something to not accidentally select it. Mind you, I haven't had the problems I have in illustrator because in Designer in node mode you can only select the object you're currently working on. This means I don't require as much locking and unlocking as only one thing at a time is selectable. Which is a very smart solution. Different of course for when the move tool is used... Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/
Maxgraphic Posted December 15, 2014 Posted December 15, 2014 It's been a while since I've used FreeHand, but I think locked objects are selectable, but locked layers aren't. That might be the best of both worlds. One place where "locked but selectable" is handy is for alignment. Selection in Illustrator is such a train wreck that almost anything would be an improvement. Quote
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Fake Pilot Posted August 11, 2016 Posted August 11, 2016 Also did the mistake of thinking "Unlock" would unlock all objects. I do really enjoy the workflow of not having to use the layer panel at all... Speed is key! +1 Quote http://fakepilot.com
SaucyWeeTart Posted December 2, 2016 Posted December 2, 2016 + 1 to this. Would really love to have some more intuitive functionality regarding locking/unlocking layers and artwork. An 'unlock all' command would be superb. Quote
Dez! Posted December 19, 2016 Posted December 19, 2016 +1! Unlock All! Gonzini3000 1 Quote Linux + Windows | i7 | 12Gb | Nvidia 760+780 | SSD 500Gb | Toshiba 1Gb | Full Zalman | Dell 27" | Wacom | Blender | Adobe | Affinity
nametag Posted June 24, 2017 Posted June 24, 2017 +1. Either unlock all, and/or the option to right click a locked layer to unlock it. rubs 1 Quote
Kaze Posted June 25, 2017 Posted June 25, 2017 +1 We need "unlock all" functionality. Surely, this is an easy fix compared to others? Quote
DavidMac Posted June 25, 2017 Posted June 25, 2017 +1 and please, make the layers panel "jump" to show the actual element on the window. :) it's essential when working with hundreds of elements. If have understood your question correctly, go into Preferences > User Interface and check Show Selection in Layers Panel. This will make the Layers Panel scroll automatically to anything you select on screen even if it was previously scrolled offscreen. Hope that's what you meant. ;) Quote
LuisP Posted August 22, 2017 Posted August 22, 2017 Im there as well. come on...doesn't make sense to look through the layer for the layer that its locked. Quote
terrox Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 Is it possible to unlock all objects yet? I can't find much on the net about it. I have 16 artboards and a locked object in each, toggling is not easy Quote
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