Layers Gallery: Selecting layers shortcut

**Egg Bramhill** · 20 July 2008, 06:37 PM

Here's a new quick tutorial on quickly selecting/deselecting layers with a multi-layered xar file

**jclements** · 20 July 2008, 07:08 PM

Egg,

A timely presentation.

Good job.

John

**David O'Neil** · 20 July 2008, 08:14 PM

A wonderful time saver. Thank you--I didn't know that was possible.

**zaphodeist** · 20 July 2008, 10:27 PM

That certainly helps - thanks Egg

**Ampa** · 21 July 2008, 11:14 AM

Nice tip Egg.

I guess it is really standard Windows functionality - use the shift key to select a range - but I had never thought to try it in the Layers Palette.

**-=Drifter=-** · 21 July 2008, 11:53 AM

Thanks for the great tip, Egg. (How are you getting that clicking sound when you check/uncheck the boxes?)

**covoxer** · 21 July 2008, 02:32 PM

Noisy mouse I guess.

**Egg Bramhill** · 21 July 2008, 06:31 PM

The mouse is silent John, it's my Bamboo graphics pad that's doing the clicking ;-) It has the option of the click sound which I find helpful. Unfortunately it's volume can't be set independently, so when making video tuts and requiring the volume up the click can become annoyingly loud.

**raynerj1** · 22 July 2008, 02:01 AM

Ummm Guys... It is shift-click to shift-click, not click to shift-click. I have used the Layers gallery for years and never even thought about this time saver Egg.

Now if you can only find a way to select multiple layers, so we can change the order of a whole group of layers then we would be "cooking with gas..."

Thanks again Egg for finding that one.

**Xcellent** · 22 July 2008, 03:19 AM

I can't watch the video, youtube is blocked in the office here.
OT: However i always wanted a shortcut to cycle through the color palette for fill and line colors instead of clicking into the palette. Would be nice to have.