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Prevent Layer Panel from Collapsing?

Jan 31, 2013 7:44 AM

Tags: #indesign #layers_panel

Greetings,

 

I'm submitting this post because I've come to a point of frustration with indesign.  Being that I'm mostly a photoshop designer I rely heavily on layers and using layers effectively.  The problem seems to be that everytime I open indesign, paste a new document, or generally do much of anything and then go back to the layer panel to select another layer I find that it's been conveniently collapsed for me.

 

Is there a way to force the panel to remain uncollapsed rather than (in)conveniently collapsing all layers?

 

Thanks!

343 Views   6 Replies   Latest reply: Peter Spier, Jan 31, 2013 11:30 AM
 
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  • Bob Levine
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    1. Bob Levine,
    Jan 31, 2013 8:00 AM   in reply to Robert.Ralph
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    If there is I don't know it and I'd find it useful myself.

     

    Feature requests:

    https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

     

    Bob

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    2. Peter Spier,
    Jan 31, 2013 9:59 AM   in reply to Robert.Ralph
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    Uncheck Autocollapse Panels in the Interface section of your prefs.

     
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    3. Robert.Ralph,
    Jan 31, 2013 10:26 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    Peter,


    Unfortunately that option is already unchecked.  I'm not having difficulty accessing the Layers panel itself, its the layers inside that get collapsed under "Layer 1" or similar layers.  I must click on the arrow pip in order to edit the layers almost any time I do something because it collapses down so I can see none of the objects in the layer.

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    4. Peter Spier,
    Jan 31, 2013 10:32 AM   in reply to Robert.Ralph
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    Sorry. Misunderstood your complaint. I do NOT see that behavior, here, at least not while working in the same file. Are you seeing that, or only when you move from file to file?

     
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    5. Robert.Ralph,
    Jan 31, 2013 11:18 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    Peter,

     

    The behavior is unpredictable at best.  I can certainly expect that when I open or create a new file I will have to do this, but then also after copying images, importing them into frames, adding text... basically operations that add new objects tend to cause the layer to collapse.  It's beyond annoying.

     
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    6. Peter Spier,
    Jan 31, 2013 11:30 AM   in reply to Robert.Ralph
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    You can try trashing the prefs, but I don't think it will help. I see layers collapse when I move from file to file, but not as long as I remain in the same file.

     
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