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Keyboard shortcut to duplicate a layer and its content or an object

Please consider creating a keyboard shortcut that will duplicate a selected layer and its content, as in PsCC, for example.

In PsCC one can duplicate a selected layer and its contents by using either of two keyboard shortcuts: 1) 'Ctrl+J' -or- 2) 'Alt+(any up/down/left/right arrow)'.

In either case, the duplicated layer+content will appear above the selected layer.

Thank you.

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  • Eugen N commented  ·   ·  Report

    I agree with this. While this feature is available in After Effects, it's notably absent in Illustrator for some reason. Having the ability to duplicate objects and layers would bring consistency to the workflow between After Effects and Illustrator, making it more seamless and enjoyable.

  • AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) commented  ·   ·  Report

    Ctrl+C, Ctrl+F, I know....
    But it’s slow.

    Especially if you have a lot of heavy linked files.

    Also, if you try to use Copy and Paste in Front for objects that belong to different groups, Ai puts them all into the top one, instead of leaving all in their original groups — I never deselected these objects, so it should respect the order and place in front of selected objects!

    Same happens if I use Copy option in Move dialog...

    There are several scripts that workaround these problems, and a plugin even, but they are not as fast as Move command with Copy option:
    https://onthehead.com/ais/item022/
    https://blog.mikeswanson.com/post/162500942564/duplicate

    Sure it should be a default command, don’t you think?

  • Aaron Radder commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes please. It is frustrating trying to build AI files for After Effects import when there is no support for quickly duplicating layers.

  • E commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes, please

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please AI developers team, consider our request oooooooo!!!! Yes this would be very helpful. It can boost very precious seconds of our creativity !!!! Pleeeeeeease ☺

  • An commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes this would be very helpful.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Also... please add to the Layers Panel Options, a checkbox for (as seen in Photoshops Layer Panel Options)

    Add "copy" to Copied Layers and Groups.

    If unchecked it does not add "copy." This would save so much time. Please. :)

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Short Cut Duplicate Layer In illustrator ?

  • Jeff D commented  ·   ·  Report

    +1

    The copy+paste-in-front workaround is trash.

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