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Suppose you have several shapes that you want to treat the same but they're scattered throughout your project, encapsulated on different layers. Rather than expanding each [[Paste Canvas|inline canvas]] and individually selecting them each time you want to edit them, you can highlight them in the [[Layers Dialog|layer dialog]], and right click, then select Add to Group. It will prompt you for a Group name.  Type a name for a new, or existing group and hit return.   
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=Introduction=
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Suppose you want to treat several shapes in the same way, but they are scattered in your project and placed on different layers. Rather than develop each {{l | layer group}} and select them individually each time you want to change them, you can use sets.
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To add some layers to a set select them in the {{l|Layers Panel}}, right click, and choose {{Literal|Add to Set}}. It will prompt you for a Set name.  Type a name for a new, or existing set and click {{Literal|OK}}.   
  
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Now you can select that group and animate all those layers together (for instance, change all their amounts, or move their origins).
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Now you can select that set and animate all those layers together (for instance, change all their {{l|Amount Parameter|amounts}}, or move their {{l|Origin Parameter|origins}}).
  
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Current interaction with Groups and with grouped layers is (that's how it works by now and can eventually be changed when some bugs are fixed on Groups code):
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=Digging deeper=
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==Action over Sets==
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Current interaction with sets and its layers in Sets Panel can be described in following terms:
  
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*Single left/right click over a Group: Select the Group. You can use it to enable the ''Remove Group'' button.  
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* Double click over a Set icon selects all its layers in the Layers Panel. '''It allows a multiple selection of scattered layers with just one double click'''. Notice that double click does not highlight the layers in the Sets Panel.
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*Single left click over a grouped layer: Select the grouped layer. Using combined with SHIFT select multiple grouped layers but the effect on subsequent commands only affect to the first one.  
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* Double click over a icon of a layer from a set, selects that layer on the Layers Panel and unselects all others.  
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*Single right click over a grouped layer: Pops up the following context menu:
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* Double click holding {{Shortcut|ctrl}} key over a Set icon or layer icon from a set, adds the selection to the current one at the Layers Panel.
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**''Select All Children'': If the grouped layer is a paste canvas then this context entry appears. It works the same as its homologous for Layers dialog.
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* Double click over a set or layer name allows to rename it.
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**''Add Layers to Group'': It displays a dialog to enter a Group name and moves the select layer to the new group. Only works for the first layer when multiple selection is done.
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* Clicking the checkbox on the left of layer icon will deactivate the layer in the Layers Panel.
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**''Remove Layers from a Group'': Not working
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* Clicking the checkbox near the set icon will deactivate all layers inside of this set.
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**''Duplicate layer'': Works the same as duplicate layer from the Layers dialog and also add the duplicated layer to the current Group. It works partially because you cannot duplicate multiple layers as in the Layers dialog. It only acts over the layer you did the right click. The selection is ignored.
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* A layer in a set can be moved to any other set (empty or not).
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**''Encapsulate'': It works the same as the Encapsulate Layers from the layers dialog but only affects to the layer where the right click is done.
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* If the set is empty it can't be activated and won't be saved.
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**''Remove Layer'': It works the same as the Remove Layers from the layers dialog but only affects to the layer where the right click is done.
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* Single left or right click over a Set makes it selected. You can use it to enable the {{Literal|Remove Set}} button.  
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**''Set Layer Description'': It displays a dialog to enter a new layer description. Try the same operation using a click over the name of the layer seems to not work.  
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* Single left click over layer in a set selects it. You can select multiple layers if you click holding {{Shortcut|ctrl}} or {{Shortcut|shift}} key, but the effect on subsequent commands only affect the layer that you right-click on.
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**''Raise Layer/ Lower Layer'': Does the same than in the Layers dialog. It doesn't modify the position in the grouped layer in the Group but the position in the layer dialog hierarchy is modified as expected.
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*Double click over a Group: Select all the grouped layers in the layers dialog. '''It allows a multiple selection of scattered layers with only one double click'''. The grouped layers are not selected in the Group dialog.
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*Double click over a grouped layer: Select that layer on the layers dialog and unselect all others.
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*Double click + CTRL over a Group or a grouped layer adds the selection to the current one at the layers dialog.
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Notice, that a layer can only belong to one Group at a time.  Adding a layer to a Group when it's already in previous group will remove it from the previous group. For the moment the "Remove Layer from a Group" right click menu is not working. So, if you really need to remove a layer from a group you should add it to a dummy group and delete the dummy group if you want. Or simply let the layer in that group with no use.
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==Action over Layers==
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Single right click over a layer in a set pops up the context menu with the same elements as you have for each layer in the {{L|Layers Panel}}:
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* {{l|Command:Select All Children}}: This menu entry appears only if the layer from the set is a Group layer. The behavior is the same as in the Layers Panel - all layers inside of the Group layer are selected.
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* {{l|Command:Add Layers to Set}}: Displays a dialog to enter a Set name and moves the select layer to the new set. Only works for the layer below the cursor when multiple selection is done.
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* {{l|Command:Remove Layers from a Set}}: Removes the selected layer from the set. Only one layer at a time can be removed. Even if multiple layers are selected only the layer below the cursor when right clicking is removed.
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* {{l|Command:Duplicate layer}}: Works the same as duplicate layer from the Layers Panel and also add the duplicated layer to the current Set. It works partially because you cannot duplicate multiple layers as in the Layers Panel. It only acts over the layer you did the right click. The selection is ignored.
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* {{l|Command:Group}}: It works the same as the {{l|Command:Group}} layers from the Layers Panel but only affects to the layer where the right click is done.
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* {{l|Command:Remove Layer}}: It works the same as the {{l|Command:Remove Layers}} from the Layers Panel but only affects to the layer where the right click is done.
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* {{l|Command:Set Layer Description}}: Displays a dialog for renaming the layer.
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* {{l|Command:Raise Layer}} / {{l|Command:Lower Layer}}: Does the same than in the Layers Panel. It doesn't modify the position of the layer in the Set but the position in the Layers Panel hierarchy is modified as expected. 
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Notice, that a layer can only belong to one Set at a time.  Adding a layer to a Set when it's already in previous set will remove it from the previous set.
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==Sets can be nested==
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You can make nested sets one of the following ways:
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* by adding a layer to a set with a name containing dot as separator: "parent.child"
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* by dragging a set inside other set.
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The contents of the nested sets is selected when you double-click the parent set icon. Depending on what set level you click you can select more or less layers.
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{{l|Image:groups_panel_nested_groups.png|center|thumb}}
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For example making a double click on the 'All' Set will select Rotation and Image layers in once double click.
  
 
Regarding to the buttons:
 
Regarding to the buttons:
  
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*The ''Remove Group'' button works fine for Groups and it is enable only for them.  
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* {{Literal|Add New Set}} button adds empty deactivated set.
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*The ''Add New Group'' button is buggy. It would add a UnnamedGroup layer that is not enabled and is not possible to use.
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* {{Literal|Remove Set}} button removes selected set. If the set contains other sets they are not recursively deleted, only the first child level of layers.
  
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Groups can be nested. That means that you can drag a group inside other group. It would allow make nested multiple selections with only one double click. Depending on what group level you click you can select more or less layers.
 
  
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[[Image:NestedGroups.png]]
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<u>Also Sets scope is the current edited Canvas</u>. That means that only the layers in a set that belong to the current Canvas being edited are show in the Sets Panel. It also means that Sets are File/Canvas dependent. It means that a layer can only belong to a set defined in its exported canvas scope. For example, if there are two canvases where B is the root one and A is a exported one hold by a Group Layer inside B, then a layer that belongs to exported canvas A can belong only to Sets defined at canvas A scope. Although you can select the layer from the outer root canvas (B) you cannot add it to a set defined at B scope. You can also have sets with the same name in different file/canvas scope. If a layer is dragged out from a pasted canvas and it belongs to a set, the set name is dragged out also.
  
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For example making a double click on the 'All' Group will select Rotations and Images grouped layers in once double click.
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{{l|Image:groups_panel_exported_canvas_group.png|center}}
  
 
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Here are shown some examples of what can be done using groups for a complex file:
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Here are shown some examples of what can be done using sets for a complex file:
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| '''Group samples''' ||  '''Effects after double click on the highlighted Group'''
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| '''Samples''' || '''Sets''' ||  '''Effects after double click on the highlighted Set'''
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|Sample1 || {{l|Image:Groups_sample1.png|center}} || {{l|Image:Groups_sample1_doubleclick_effect.png|center|thumb}}
 
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|[[Image:Groups1.png|center]] || [[Image:GroupDClickEffect.png|center|thumb]]
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|[[Image:Groups2.png|center]] || [[Image:GroupsDClickEffect2.png|center|thumb]]
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|Sample2 || {{l|Image:Groups_sample2.png|center}} || {{l|Image:Groups_sample2_doubleclick_effect.png|center|thumb}}
 
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Latest revision as of 11:38, 8 November 2018

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Set icon.png

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Introduction

Suppose you want to treat several shapes in the same way, but they are scattered in your project and placed on different layers. Rather than develop each Layer group and select them individually each time you want to change them, you can use sets.

Set Panel.png

To add some layers to a set select them in the Layers Panel, right click, and choose "Add to Set". It will prompt you for a Set name. Type a name for a new, or existing set and click "OK".

Now you can select that set and animate all those layers together (for instance, change all their amounts, or move their origins).

Digging deeper

Action over Sets

Current interaction with sets and its layers in Sets Panel can be described in following terms:

  • Double click over a Set icon selects all its layers in the Layers Panel. It allows a multiple selection of scattered layers with just one double click. Notice that double click does not highlight the layers in the Sets Panel.
  • Double click over a icon of a layer from a set, selects that layer on the Layers Panel and unselects all others.
  • Double click holding Ctrl key over a Set icon or layer icon from a set, adds the selection to the current one at the Layers Panel.
  • Double click over a set or layer name allows to rename it.
  • Clicking the checkbox on the left of layer icon will deactivate the layer in the Layers Panel.
  • Clicking the checkbox near the set icon will deactivate all layers inside of this set.
  • A layer in a set can be moved to any other set (empty or not).
  • If the set is empty it can't be activated and won't be saved.
  • Single left or right click over a Set makes it selected. You can use it to enable the "Remove Set" button.
  • Single left click over layer in a set selects it. You can select multiple layers if you click holding Ctrl or ⇧ Shift key, but the effect on subsequent commands only affect the layer that you right-click on.

Action over Layers

Single right click over a layer in a set pops up the context menu with the same elements as you have for each layer in the Layers Panel:

  • Command:Select All Children: This menu entry appears only if the layer from the set is a Group layer. The behavior is the same as in the Layers Panel - all layers inside of the Group layer are selected.
  • Command:Add Layers to Set: Displays a dialog to enter a Set name and moves the select layer to the new set. Only works for the layer below the cursor when multiple selection is done.
  • Command:Remove Layers from a Set: Removes the selected layer from the set. Only one layer at a time can be removed. Even if multiple layers are selected only the layer below the cursor when right clicking is removed.
  • Command:Duplicate layer: Works the same as duplicate layer from the Layers Panel and also add the duplicated layer to the current Set. It works partially because you cannot duplicate multiple layers as in the Layers Panel. It only acts over the layer you did the right click. The selection is ignored.
  • Command:Group: It works the same as the Command:Group layers from the Layers Panel but only affects to the layer where the right click is done.
  • Command:Remove Layer: It works the same as the Command:Remove Layers from the Layers Panel but only affects to the layer where the right click is done.
  • Command:Set Layer Description: Displays a dialog for renaming the layer.
  • Command:Raise Layer / Command:Lower Layer: Does the same than in the Layers Panel. It doesn't modify the position of the layer in the Set but the position in the Layers Panel hierarchy is modified as expected.

Notice, that a layer can only belong to one Set at a time. Adding a layer to a Set when it's already in previous set will remove it from the previous set.

Sets can be nested

You can make nested sets one of the following ways:

  • by adding a layer to a set with a name containing dot as separator: "parent.child"
  • by dragging a set inside other set.

The contents of the nested sets is selected when you double-click the parent set icon. Depending on what set level you click you can select more or less layers.

Groups panel nested groups.png

For example making a double click on the 'All' Set will select Rotation and Image layers in once double click.

Regarding to the buttons:

  • "Add New Set" button adds empty deactivated set.
  • "Remove Set" button removes selected set. If the set contains other sets they are not recursively deleted, only the first child level of layers.


Also Sets scope is the current edited Canvas. That means that only the layers in a set that belong to the current Canvas being edited are show in the Sets Panel. It also means that Sets are File/Canvas dependent. It means that a layer can only belong to a set defined in its exported canvas scope. For example, if there are two canvases where B is the root one and A is a exported one hold by a Group Layer inside B, then a layer that belongs to exported canvas A can belong only to Sets defined at canvas A scope. Although you can select the layer from the outer root canvas (B) you cannot add it to a set defined at B scope. You can also have sets with the same name in different file/canvas scope. If a layer is dragged out from a pasted canvas and it belongs to a set, the set name is dragged out also.

Groups panel exported canvas group.png

Here are shown some examples of what can be done using sets for a complex file:

Samples Sets Effects after double click on the highlighted Set
Sample1
Groups sample1.png
Groups sample1 doubleclick effect.png
Sample2
Groups sample2.png
Groups sample2 doubleclick effect.png


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