An option to ignore locked layers with the eyedropper tool
At the moment, if you have a locked layer above the layer you are working in, the eyedropper tool selects colors and properties of the top layer - the locked layer - instead of the (unlocked) layer you are working on.
This causes frustration as every time you want to eyedrops something, you have to make a bunch of layers invisible first.
If an option could be added to the eyedropper tool, such as "ignore locked layers", this problem would be gone completely and working with Illustrator would be a lot smoother and faster.
This could be an option under the eyedropper preferences.
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Ben
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We always use a highlight- & shadow layer above our packaging designs. So we need this option.
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Ian McIntosh
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This would be a valuable feature. I frequently lock all layers except the one I am working on. Sometimes, I have a layer above to adjust color/saturation or add an overall gradient. I almost never want to pick up the attributes of those layers.
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Mr Deer Whale
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This would be great to see. Would be very useful for creating artwork when using a reference layer (i.e. bitmap) placed above your working layers and set to multiply (and locked) so you could sample items below the reference layer as opposed to the top layer (reference, which for me is usually a bitmap image with no helpful Ai properties (fill/stroke/width etc). Currently, you have to turn off visibility of your reference layer in order to sample anything below it.
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Anonymous
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Allowing the eyedropper to optionally ignore the contents of locked layers would be very useful. Having a locked layer with transparency above an active layer and trying to sample a line weight, only to sample the fill or other attributes of a transparent object that you're working "through" is very frustrating.