Jonesy21 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 9 hours ago, LPJ said: +1 Yup agree with what eobet says. Based on my experience, you can technically select all (ctrl + A) those layers, but it only collapses those groups that are visible. Hidden groups that have been expanded were not even included in the select all (ctrl + A) list. (I'd also have to manually click through to hide them) Would really help to be able to set a shortcut for this too. This seems to be a great start, thanks for the advice....I can click the top most 'child' in a layer and 'right click, control' does the job, just right. Next step is to create a shortcut for this...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacheski Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 +1 Yes please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intuos5 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 +1 Would be very useful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLawrence Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) Amen, this currently is a PAIN. Would you want to spend your time clicking 40 triangles to close up 40 layers? What if I do 40 files (which I will.) That is 1,600 triangle clicks!! This isn't even a feature request. Isn't this basic human decency to not torture someone with clicking a thousand triangles? If I wanted to do that instead of designing, I'd be playing Tetris. And I'm saying Tetris, because this layers panel is from that era!! (But I love your guy's export options. Very good!! It's the main reason I am trying out the program.) Edited February 3, 2022 by DaveLawrence A_B_C, Julien Riesen and August R 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy21 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 By SerpentEagle, February 18, 2019 in Feedback Almost three years on and it seems this is still being asked for.... is anyone at Infinity listening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catshill Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 16 hours ago, Jonesy21 said: By SerpentEagle, February 18, 2019 in Feedback Almost three years on and it seems this is still being asked for.... is anyone at Infinity listening? To infinity and beyond? Alfred, A_B_C, Frozen Death Knight and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy21 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 pun intended....... Affinity/Infinity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pruus Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarriG Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 +1 an absolutely essential core feature for daily work! And a keyboard shortcut would be optimal. Jonesy21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Riesen Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 +100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_l Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 In the meantime you can select all layers in the layers panel rightclick one of them and pick Collapse or Expand Selection from the context menu. But yes, a dedicated button would be nice or even nicer a keyboard shortcut. Jonesy21 and Julien Riesen 2 Quote ---------- Windows 10 / 11, Complete Suite Retail and Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Riesen Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Didn't know about this one, thanks! Though it unfortunately doesn't seem to be possible to assign a shortcut to this function... I didn't find it in the list at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yves Signer Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) Layer Management Improvements I think it's quite essential, I'm surprised it was not implemented yet +1 // Another thing that would save a ton of time is to be able to search and rename layers Edited May 13, 2022 by Yves Signer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Blahut Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 +1 please, please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy21 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Three and a bit years now...... still waiting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazintosh Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Seriously Affinity… Seriously… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank. Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 im not sure if I just haven't found it yet since it seems such a basic function. But when you click visibility in the layers panel you need to be able to use a modifier key to "solo" the selection. Or do I really need to manually select all other layers and then untick visibility to only see the layer I have selected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Riesen Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Frank. said: im not sure if I just haven't found it yet since it seems such a basic function. But when you click visibility in the layers panel you need to be able to use a modifier key to "solo" the selection. Or do I really need to manually select all other layers and then untick visibility to only see the layer I have selected? You can press option + click on a layer to solo it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank. Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Julien Riesen said: You can press option + click on a layer to solo it. Thanks. I had tried all the modifier keys, but I clicked on the tick visible box instead of just clicking the layer. Stupid. I think its time I read through the list of key commands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August R Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Adding my voice to the chorus... +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy21 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Good news everyone....one can collapse the layers in Affinity 2 - still no shortcut (that I have found) but hopefully you can see on the attached screenshot how they have incorporated it.... a sort of hash key symbol for the 'parent' layer then 5 small blue bars for the 'child' layer (not sure if parent & child is the correct terminology, but you understand what I mean) The only thing is, I don't need the layers to expand every time I click on an object, most times it's just not necessary, but as yet I haven't found a way to lock this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_J Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Jonesy21 said: Good news everyone....one can collapse the layers in Affinity 2 - still no shortcut (that I have found) but hopefully you can see on the attached screenshot how they have incorporated it.... a sort of hash key symbol for the 'parent' layer then 5 small blue bars for the 'child' layer (not sure if parent & child is the correct terminology, but you understand what I mean) The only thing is, I don't need the layers to expand every time I click on an object, most times it's just not necessary, but as yet I haven't found a way to lock this! The icons on the left side of layers identify the layer type — # is an Artboard layer and the blue horizontal lines are a Vector (Layer) layer. Clicking the left side of a layer or group collapses it, but not its children — this is the same in V1 to V2. https://affinity.help/designer2/en-US.lproj/pages/Layers/aboutLayers.html V2 did add a way to collapse all layers/groups. Right-click any layer or group in the Layers Panel and select 'Collapse All Parents.' Jonesy21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BunnyD Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 What Brian_J said, Right-click on a layer and select "Collapse All Parents" towards the bottom of the menu. Jonesy21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy21 Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Is there an answer to this yet? 'The only thing is, I don't need the layers to expand every time I click on an object, most times it's just not necessary, but as yet I haven't found a way to lock this!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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