ubuntulistener (forums@gimpusers.com) wrote:

It'd be convenient to be able to hide all the layers other than the layer I'm working on

Shift-Click on the eye icon.

Bye, Simon

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 08:50:27PM +0200, ubuntulistener wrote:

Hello,

Is there a way to select all the layers in the Layers Window? is: I've got a GIF animation that's comprised of 590 individual layers, and to work on specific layers, It'd be convenient to be able to hide all the layers other than the layer I'm working on - maybe with a dialog under Layers>>Stack>>Select all Layers>>Hide, or an "eye" checkbox at the top or bottom of the Layers window that would select all layers, thereby allowing me to "unhide" the selected layer by checking the "eye" ,(show), checkbox of the relevant layer.

Currently, the only way I know of to work on a specific layer within such a stack is to move the layer to the top of the stack so it becomes the visible layer, perform the work, then return the layer to its original location.

Thanks

Why not read the wondeful GIMP manual? It is even translated... ;-)

http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-dialogs-structure.html#gimp-layer-dialog

Layer visibility

In front of the thumbnail is an icon showing an eye. By clicking on the eye, you toggle whether the layer is visible or not. (Shift-clicking on the eye causes all other to be temporarily hidden.)

On 08/21/2012 01:24 PM, Marco Ciampa wrote:

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 08:50:27PM +0200, ubuntulistener wrote:

Hello,

Is there a way to select all the layers in the Layers Window? is: I've got a GIF animation that's comprised of 590 individual layers, and to work on specific layers, It'd be convenient to be able to hide all the layers other than the layer I'm working on - maybe with a dialog under Layers>>Stack>>Select all Layers>>Hide, or an "eye" checkbox at the top or bottom of the Layers window that would select all layers, thereby allowing me to "unhide" the selected layer by checking the "eye" ,(show), checkbox of the relevant layer.

Currently, the only way I know of to work on a specific layer within such a stack is to move the layer to the top of the stack so it becomes the visible layer, perform the work, then return the layer to its original location.

Thanks

Why not read the wondeful GIMP manual? It is even translated... ;-)

http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-dialogs-structure.html#gimp-layer-dialog

Layer visibility

In front of the thumbnail is an icon showing an eye. By clicking on the eye, you toggle whether the layer is visible or not. (Shift-clicking on the eye causes all other to be temporarily hidden.)

The word "temporarily" is misleading. The other layers remain hidden until their eye icon is clicked. However, this is hardly worth a bug report.

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 01:39:10PM -0700, Burnie West wrote:

http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-dialogs-structure.html#gimp-layer-dialog

Layer visibility

In front of the thumbnail is an icon showing an eye. By clicking on the eye, you toggle whether the layer is visible or not. (Shift-clicking on the eye causes all other to be temporarily hidden.)

The word "temporarily" is misleading. The other layers remain hidden until their eye icon is clicked. However, this is hardly worth a bug report.

Right! Thanks for pointing this out...