Add option for duplicating the layers DOWNWARDS

[Raptosauru5]

Please, add an toggle somewhere, so that hitting CTRL+J (duplicate layer) or copy/paste would create copy BELOW the original layer in hierarchy, not above.

I usually work my UI design from top to the bottom.

How it works now: 

 

What I would prefer:

 

Thanks for considering! I believe I am not the only one

(please do not post obvious workarounds like shortcuts etc. I am using those currently. I actually use them every single time, because I 99% of time want to clone downwards)

[loukash]

2 hours ago, Raptosauru5 said:

please do not post obvious workarounds like shortcuts etc.

So you are aware of the Insertion Behind command and toolbar button, right?
Which is the intended function for this kind of workflow, not a "workaround".

[loukash]

^ That said though, sometimes I'd also wish a "permanent global switch".
So +1 from me.

[Bit Disappointed]

2 hours ago, Raptosauru5 said:

Please, add an toggle somewhere, so that hitting CTRL+J (duplicate layer) or copy/paste would create copy BELOW the original layer in hierarchy, not above.

I usually work my UI design from top to the bottom.

Thanks for considering! I believe I am not the only one

You're certainly not the only one. I've been about to request something similar many, many times. In my work, it's also incredibly rare that the copy needs to be inserted above the original.

For the same reason I miss a "Paste Behind" keyboard shortcut so I don't have to use the Move Back One shortcut every time I copy paste something. 

I think the Layer -> Insertion option should apply to copies and duplicates as well. And possibly that this setting is remembered between sessions.

[loukash]

16 minutes ago, Bit Arts said:

the Layer -> Insertion option should apply to copies and duplicates as well.

It does apply to pasting a copy, but for some unknown reason not to duplicates. (A bug?)

17 minutes ago, Bit Arts said:

And possibly that this setting is remembered between sessions.

Now it does auto-reset after use.
"Remembered between sessions" would thus be the equivalent of my "permanent global switch" term.

[Raptosauru5]

13 hours ago, loukash said:

Now it does auto-reset after use.
"Remembered between sessions" would thus be the equivalent of my "permanent global switch" term.

Yes, I think I would like to simply toggle this in main Settings and expect duplicate/copy-paste always appear under 👍
Somehow it really makes more sense to me, that a "next" item should be below and "first" item on top.

I can however see a confusion when you duplicate an object (without looking into Layers) and the duplicated item is now hiding behind the original. However, when working like a pro and just duplicating items by Alt-dragging them around your UI you are designing, the "Duplicate below" makes much more sense.

So I think the default should be how it is now, but advanced user should have possibility to switch this in settings

[loukash]

1 minute ago, Raptosauru5 said:

I can however see a confusion when you duplicate an object (without looking into Layers) and the duplicated item is now hiding behind the original.

Which is obviously why stacking new objects on top is the default behavior.

2 minutes ago, Raptosauru5 said:

when working like a pro and just duplicating items by Alt-dragging them around your UI you are designing, the "Duplicate below" makes much more sense.

Not always and not generally, but for someone who "knows what they're doing and why", it would be a useful global option.

[Raptosauru5]

3 minutes ago, loukash said:

Which is obviously why stacking new objects on top is the default behavior.

Not always and not generally, but for someone who "knows what they're doing and why", it would be a useful global option.

This is exactly what I mean! 😊