Change how lock and hide work
Сan you adjust how hiding layers vs locking layers works?
Lock should prevent edits of any kind.
Hide should allow edits if the master group or layer are adjusted.
Example: Character Animator makes us hide Illustrator layers for various poses, mouths, etc. All the mouths are in a head group. If I move a head group with hidden layers, those layers don't move with the group. They should move. They should just not be seen while doing it because they are not locked.
If hide works this way, can you explain the difference between lock and hide?
I find this to be a big oversight.
Eric Cobain
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Eric, I am testing this, and hidden children of the group get moved with the parent group when I move it.
Same happens with locked objects, they also move together with the parent.There are various techniques to make all but locked or hidden objects to get selected and affected, using Target and Select columns in Layers panel.
Clicking Target indicator buttons for a group will select it all but not locked children.
Clicking Select button (not visible when unselected) will ignore both hidden and locked children.
Clicking Select for a layer will select all in it, despite the lock or hidden status.But I assume you mean something else... Does it work differently for you?
