When copy paste a layer -- layer name is altered

b77

@Raaskot You can copy a layer and paste it to another document? How?

Raaskot

Like copy/paste between two open vs-docs. My quest is to maintain the layer names. Illustrator have two options. In VS It doesn't works very persistent:

Copy layer/group

b77

From the screen recording it looks like you copied the group object you selected, not its layer.
(The layer of the selected object gets highlighted, but it's not the layer that gets copied).

If you expand the 'Urologi' layer, the object you copied has the default '{Group}' name, isn't it?

Raaskot

@b77
Affirmative.
The layer structure is ignored. Only group object is handled.

b77

When you need to copy all the objects of a layer, clicking the round button of
the layer will select all its objects.

Is copy & paste of layers (not just objects) between documents needed?

Raaskot

Layers gives indeed sense to transfer in the process. Also VS performance and layer logic is very strange. Your suggestion works very unexpected. See the clip:

Layer/object copypaste-transfer

VectorStyler

@Raaskot said in When copy paste a layer -- layer name is altered:

Is there a "Paste remember layer" option in VS?

Yes, but in the 1.2 beta only.

b77

@Raaskot said in When copy paste a layer -- layer name is altered:

Your suggestion works very unexpected. See the clip:

Layer/object copypaste-transfer

It looks like you need to use 'Copy' from the Edit menu for this to work, otherwise
the app copies the name of the layer.

@VectorStyler If possible, it would make sense to copy the layer's name only
when hovering the Layers panel — otherwise copy the objects themselves.

VectorStyler

@b77 said in When copy paste a layer -- layer name is altered:

If possible, it would make sense to copy the layer's name only
when hovering the Layers panel — otherwise copy the objects themselves.

I have to check how this would work. When copying objects on the canvas, the Layers panel is not really involved.

Raaskot

@b77 said in When copy paste a layer -- layer name is altered:

need to use 'Copy' from the Edit menu

That makes sense. Though still missing the layer structure transfer things work more as expected when using menu-copy. Yet I acknowledge fully your suggestion to @VectorStyler.