Rename Layer -Tab Functionality inoperable

[jmwellborn]

According to the information about 2.1, we can now update a layer name using Cmd Shift R.  That works perfectly.  But we are also supposed to now be able, on MAC, to use tab / Shift-tab to quickly edit the next/previous layer's name. I cannot make this work, and cannot find a spot in Preferences/Shortcuts/Layers where that option resides to create a shortcut.

What am I doing incorrectly?

[walt.farrell]

7 minutes ago, jmwellborn said:

But we are also supposed to now be able, on MAC, to use tab / Shift-tab to quickly edit the next/previous layer's name.

According to the screenshot you provided, that is possible only while renaming layers within the Layers panel. Is that where you're trying it?

[Hangman]

11 hours ago, jmwellborn said:

According to the information about 2.1, we can now update a layer name using Cmd Shift R.

For me this shortcut wasn't set automatically, I had to add it manually...

As @walt.farrell says, that feature is only for renaming layers in the layers panel itself, not when using Cmd Shift R (if that was the expectation). Double-click to edit a layer name in the Layers panel and while the layer name text field is still active hit Tab or Shift-Tab to activate the next or prior layer name field allowing you to edit its name.

[jmwellborn]

On 7/3/2023 at 3:54 AM, Hangman said:

For me this shortcut wasn't set automatically, I had to add it manually...

As @walt.farrell says, that feature is only for renaming layers in the layers panel itself, not when using Cmd Shift R (if that was the expectation). Double-click to edit a layer name in the Layers panel and while the layer name text field is still active hit Tab or Shift-Tab to activate the next or prior layer name field allowing you to edit its name.

Got it.  They are actually two completely different procedures, not sequential ones. The way I read the descriptive information (screenshot above) was that after one had used the Cmd + Shift = R shortcut to rename a layer (in the layers panel), one could "quickly edit the next/previous layer's name using Tab or Shift-Tab.  Not so.  Actually, it is just the ability to double click on a layer name, change that, and then either Shift + Tab to go up, or Tab to go down through the layers stack and rename each layer.   Semantics.