Moving objects between layers or frames

You may want to move objects
into a different layer
or frame
.

To move objects between layers or frames

1. Select the objects (see Selecting objects).

2. From the Arrange menu, choose Move to Layer in Front or Move to Layer Behind (for a Drawing document
) or Move to Next Frame or Move to Previous Frame (for an animation document
).

To move objects to a specific layer or frame

1. Select the object (see Selecting objects).

2. From the Edit menu, choose Cut.

3. From the Utilities menu, choose Layer Gallery (for a framed document) or Frame Gallery (for an animation document).

4. Click on the layer/frame to make it the current layer or frame.

5. Press CTRL+Shift+V to paste the object back in the same position in the layer/frame.

To move objects to the current layer

The current layer
is the layer where new objects are created

1. Select the objects (see Selecting objects).

2. From the Utilities menu, choose Layer Gallery.

3. To make a different layer the current layer, click its name in the Layer Gallery.

4. Click Move to move the selected objects to the current layer.

Tips

When you move objects backwards and forwards between frames, the guides layer
is ignored and skipped.

You can move whole layers and frames. See Reordering layers and Reordering frames.

To move objects within their current layer/frame, see Moving objects backward and forwards .

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