[Draft] Layers

Layer groups

Mouse effects

When you hover or click on the layer which is part of a group you can only see the whole group selection frame

To select the group

• Click on any group element
• Click and hold, then drag selection area to any layer of group

You can select the child element with a double click

• If there is an element at cursor position, then editor switches to "Children mode"

Children mode

• In this mode Lopaka "remembers" the current active group
• Click on any layer of current group to select it (it becomes active, the group deactivates)
• Hover effect works for individual children instead of the whole group
• You can select and drag multiple children at a time
• Layers out of the group works the same as before and can be hovered or clicked

To exit children mode you can

• Click on empty space
• Press ESC
• Delete all children
• Delete active group
• Select other group or layer
• Start a new drawing with any tool

If the group is active

• press ESC to reset selection

If the child is active

• pressing ESC makes the whole group active

Therefore to reset the selection if the active layer is a child of a group you have to hit ESC two times: first to switch to group, second to deselect the group

Layers List

• Every new group has a title Group ${index} where index increments every time
• Group of layers is displayed as a separate layer in a list
• All children layers has left margin
• When the group is selected, only one active mark is displayed in list

• You can drag or remove the whole group including all children
• When you create a group the layers order changes
• New group is placed to the position of the highest selected layer in list

Children mode

• Active mark is displayed only on active layer

Hotkeys

Group: Cmd/Ctrl + G

Ungroup: Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + G