Ungroup remembers layers (like InDesign)
Craig Brickles
shared this idea
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A workaround solution we have today is a script by Sergey Osokin, which stores the original layer of each object when run before distorting and reordering the objects back when run after — https://github.com/creold/illustrator-scripts/blob/master/jsx/RememberSelectionLayers.jsx
It won’t work for sublayers though. -
Margaret Trauth
commented
I am just gonna note that any attempt to fix this should probably be tested against multiple paths grouped from across multiple, nested layers, like this:
Layer 1
- selected path
Layer 2
- Layer 2a
--- unselected path
--- selected path
--- unselected path
Layer 3
- Layer 3a
--- a bunch of unselected paths
- Layer 3b
--- some selected paths -
Tom Fitzgerald commented
This would be so handy!
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Megan H
commented
This would be so helpful and save so much time! :]
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Steve Moniz
commented
It would be great if you could group multiple objects on multiple layers and have them redistribute to the original layers when ungrouped. For Example, you have multiple elements that you want to center on the page as a group, but then want them back in their respective layers.
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Jabulani HARVEY
commented
Yes please to "Ungroup remembers Layers" in Illustrator and I would also suggest that Indesign inherit the "Save selection" feature from Illustrator, while we're at it.
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Sarah
commented
literally can't believe this still isn't a thing
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Oliver Malms
commented
long, long time ago, Freehand had a great function (indeed it hat a lot of great functions that I am still missing in Illustrator): When you grouped Objects from different Layers, it remembered the original layers of these objects. So you could group them, do with them whatever you wanted and after ungrouping all objects went back to their original layers what was a very useful function. I whish, Illustrator wound offer something like this, too...
