layers

[Anonymous]

i need help on this....after fiddling for awhile and reading and still can't get it.

i want to open just one layer from the list but it seems that I have to either the rest of the layers one by one or close all and get back to the layer setting and open the layer I want to edit.

also, i cannot close the layer from the drop-down layer but have to go to the layer menu.

help.

ac7r3/xphome

[Djordje]

lsid wrote:
i want to open just one layer from the list

Open? You mean show?

lsid wrote:
also, i cannot close the layer from the drop-down layer but have to go to the layer menu.

Close? You mean hide? Right click on something on that layer, choose layers > hide.

[Link]

In the layer dialog, hit Select All, then click on any open eyeball in the list to hide all the layers, then ctrl click twice on the eyeball of the layer you want to 'see' and hit OK.

The drop down list is only for changing the layer an element will be assigned to - it's not for layer visibility.

Chuck a please into your posts. It doesn't take much and you'll get a much better response. We're all friends around here

Cheers,
Link.

[Anonymous]

...and don't forget about the quick layer palette.

It has become a regular feature on my screen.

Window>Floating Palettes>Show Quick Layers

[Anonymous]

I am a new user also. I have compleatly re-done my tool bar via Options/customize/toolbar. One of the first buttons I added was to the layer settings screen.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Flamer wrote:
I am a new user also. I have compleatly re-done my tool bar via Options/customize/toolbar. One of the first buttons I added was to the layer settings screen.

Nothing against the toolbar (I add stuff there, too), but for speed, you might try to get used to keeping one hand on the keyboard and the other on the mouse ... Ctrl-L brings up Layers.

(Aside: note that the Layers dialog is resizable ... I usually have mine stretched to fill the entire vertical space available to avoid or minimize scrolling.)

Richard's suggestion to the original poster of the QuickLayers palette (which I have mapped to ctrl-shift-L, for ex.) is the fastest way to get what he wants. Click an element on the layer of interest and click the 'hide all others' button.

Karl

[__archiben]

Karl wrote:
(Aside: note that the Layers dialog is resizable ... I usually have mine stretched to fill the entire vertical space available to avoid or minimize scrolling.)

karl

i also try to keep the layers dialogue at full height vertically, however there is a very annoying mac bug that reduces the vertical height of the dialogue by about 2 lines every time it is opened until it reaches its default size!!!

i have reported this on occasions, but haven't yet seen a resolution!

~/archiben

[Karl Ottenstein]

~/archiben wrote:
i also try to keep the layers dialogue at full height vertically, however there is a very annoying mac bug that reduces the vertical height of the dialogue by about 2 lines every time it is opened until it reaches its default size!!!

Incredible!!!

Karl

[Anonymous]

~/archiben wrote:
i also try to keep the layers dialogue at full height vertically, however there is a very annoying mac bug that reduces the vertical height of the dialogue by about 2 lines every time it is opened until it reaches its default size!!!

i have reported this on occasions, but haven't yet seen a resolution!

~/archiben

Amazing! I hadn't noticed this before. I had to go and test it and sure enough, the dialog crept up and up as I opened it over and over. This should be fixed.

[Anonymous]

Very strange. This is not happening on my mac. Command L opens the layer tool box and on my mac it always fills the screen.