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Page & Layer Gallery 157
Alternatively you can click the MORE... button and select SHOW ALL ON PAGE option,
which un-hides all items on the current page.
Locking Layers and Objects
Clicking the open padlock icon on the right end of an object or layer row will lock
the layer or object (icon changes to a closed padlock
). Now you cannot select this
object or any object on that layer. Any clicks on locked items will go straight through
it, as if it's not there, and select items underneath. Clicking the padlock icon will
unlock that object or layer again. Alternatively you can click the
MORE.. button and
select the
UNLOCK ALL ON PAGE option.
Soft Groups
There is one exception to the locked rules. If a locked item (or item on a locked layer)
is part of a Soft Group (on page 123), then selecting and operating on that soft group
will also select
and operate on any locked items in that soft group (this is the intended
operation of soft groups).
Solo Mode
If you click any of the icons in the column next to each layer, it will 'solo' this layer
which means it hides everything else, except this layer. You can now work on this
layer in isolation. Clicking the
icon again will restore everything back to how it was
before.
You can also click and drag down the column of
icons to quickly browse through
the layers in isolation from everything else.
To exit the Solo mode, click the
button again.
Show All & Unlock All
These two controls on the top of the PAGE & LAYER GALLERY are a short-cut to show
all items on the current page or unlock all items. They are a temporary override of all
the individual object and layer settings. Clicking the controls again will restore the
previous state. So this is a quick way of showing or unlocking everything, on all layers,
performing some operation, and then restoring the previous state.
The Unlock all button is useful if you have a locked object on the canvas that you want
to unlock, without having to first locate it in the Page & Layer Gallery. Turn on ‘Unlock
all’, then right click on the object on the canvas and choose the Unlock option from
the context menu. Then you can turn ‘Unlock all’ off again.