Page 187 - Xara Designer Pro X17

Page & Layer Gallery 187

Hiding Layers and Objects

The rightmost two columns of icons in the Page & Layer Gallery control the visibility and
locking of layers and all objects on the page.

Clicking on the open eye icon will hide the layer or object on the page, and the icon
will turn to a closed eye . Clicking again will revert the layer or object to be visible.

When any item is hidden, it becomes invisible on the page and can no longer be seen or
selected. The way to get hidden items back is to click its closed eye icon.
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 101), 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