Alt-click new layer automatically adds selection to that new layer

[Boldline]

Affinity released a new update today and one of the improvements was the ability to use alt-click in the layers panel to automatically add the selection to a new layer.

They also added the option in the right-click menu. If this option is added to VS, perhaps just leaving it as a right-click menu option? I know keyboard commands are in short supply currently.

Here is what was shared on the Affinity Update page about their version of it:

"In the Layers Panel, if you Alt-click ‘Add new layer’ (⌥-click on macOS/iPad) when you have a selection, all items in that selection are moved to the new layer created. In other words, this behaves like grouping, but rather than creating a group, it puts your selection into a new layer.

Additionally, for desktop versions, you will find a new option in the right-click menu for ‘Move Selection to New Layer’ which achieves the same thing. This makes it far easier to organize your work into layers, without having to create an empty layer first and drag the items you want into it."

[VectorStyler]

@Boldline I will add this to the backlog.

Does this refer to the selection on the canvas?

[VectorStyler]

@Boldline Should work already in VectorStyler with Shift+Click

[b77]

@VectorStyler Shift-clicking the 'Create New Layer' button
doesn't move the selected objects to the new layer.
Unless I misunderstood?

[VectorStyler]

@b77 The selection must be made in the Layers panel.

[VectorStyler]

@Boldline @b77 I will change this to use the selection from the canvas, as it will be much easier to operate (no need to scroll away for selection in the layers panel).

[b77]

@VectorStyler Nice!