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• • August 30, 2018 at 2:17 pm #110175
    letterwoman

    Member

    I’ve been searching everywhere but I can’t find a way to duplicate a layer and have it appear below the layer that I’m duplicating. I can make a new layer and have that appear below the current layer, but I can’t duplicate a layer and make it go below the current layer. Can anyone help?

  • August 30, 2018 at 11:03 pm #110176
    Niels JÌürgen Pedersen

    Participant

    Just create a new layer and drag it below the existing layer. InDesign always make new layers appear on top of the actual layer.

  • August 31, 2018 at 2:18 am #110177
    Michel Allio for FRIdNGE

    Participant

    Hi,

    [Note: the “Alt”-drag doesn’t work correctly about the first (background) layer! …]

    Select a layer in the “Layers” window [to make it “active”] and run this simple script [useful to associate a keyboard shortcut to it!]:

    // by FRIdNGE, August 2018
    var myLayer0 = app.activeDocument.activeLayer,
    myLayer1 = myLayer0.duplicate();
    myLayer1.move(LocationOptions.AFTER, myLayer0);

    Best,
    Michel, for FRIdNGE
    michel.allio.fridnge@gmail.com

    • September 4, 2018 at 1:28 pm #110265
      letterwoman

      Member

      Thanks, but where do I put all this type to run this script?

    • September 4, 2018 at 2:03 pm #110269
      letterwoman

      Member

      Oh, never mind. I figured it out. That helps a lot! Thanks a lot!

  • August 31, 2018 at 7:03 am #110178
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Thank you, Michel! Nice script.
    Note that it’s easy to apply a keyboard shortcut to a script with Edit > Edit Keyboard Shortcuts. :-)

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