Polygonius Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 How can i "pin" a layer? I mean, that a click anywhere outside will NOT jump this layer in the side-panal? thanks! Quote OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Lock the layer. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polygonius Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 Thx, but i do not find find a "lock" oder, neither in the menu nor via the context/panel. Am i blind? Quote OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 You did not say if you were using Affinity Designer or Affinity Photo but for both there are "Lock" & "Unlock" items in the Layer menu & a Lock icon at the top of the Layers panel. You must have a layer selected to lock it. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Polygonius said: Am i blind? Just in case you are, a little Right click on the layer. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polygonius Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 I mean AP (v 1.5) Did you got my question well? I do not want to Lock the layer (i want edit). I JUST want that this layer is keeping in the side panel as the selected one - even if i click in the workspace anywhere else! EDIT: (I have a hangover today) I mean that the layer keeps in FOCUS / the active one, does not matter where in picture i click! Quote OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 11 minutes ago, Polygonius said: I JUST want that this layer is keeping in the side panel as the selected one - even if i click in the workspace anywhere else! I have to ask why you would want to do this. You can't edit a layer unless it is selected -- otherwise how would this or any other app know what you want to edit? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 No, you cant do that. Where you click decides what is in focus (or selected) Clicking outside the layer is also how you de-select a layer, used if you want a new adjustment layer to be on the top of the stack, rather than on top of the selected layer. Thinking about it logically, if a layer stayed selected, how would you ever be able to select anything else? There are perhaps a few way round it, may I ask what you want to do that requires selected a layer but working outside the layer ? BTW You can isolate a layer by Alt plus clicking on the thumbnail, but that may not help ? Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polygonius Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 On 22. Oktober 2017 at 4:22 PM, toltec said: Thinking about it logically, if a layer stayed selected, how would you ever be able to select anything else? Easy via the side-panel! The reason i want this focus sometimes: In some reasons i want just a layer-selection via the side-panel. Eg, I have a small text-element in a big "workspace" with dozens of "bigger layers" and i do some actions in the color-palette or in the text-panel... and then i want to re-postion this text-layer, but i do not hit exactly, i click 2 pixel outside - i lost the layer-focus and i have first to search and activate my text-layer maybe hidden in a group.... Quote OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 . Polygonius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polygonius Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Just now, owenr said: Deselection or change of selection is recorded in History, so just Cmd-Z to undo and the object will become selected again. Aha, thank you! Quote OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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