Custom Views, unlocking layers
"Custom Views unlocking layers"
Hi, I found something that I believe that wasn't supposed to work that way. I made a "Process" describing what's happening, but my point here is that I didn't expect the Views Feature to unlock layers, I thought it was only supposed to change the Zoom and view location.
Process:
1- Create a New view with everything unlocked
2- Lock some Layers.
3- Activate your view.
Result: Everything gets unlocked
Pablo Duarte
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Yep, views in Ai work like this and don’t allow to choose which aspect we can include or exclude...
There is a related entry about views:
Add option when creating New View to opt out from changing zoom level
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/35161204As I say in the comments, for now we can workaround this with AG Layer Comps plugin — it doesn’t care about lock states, but cares about other aspects.
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Vasily Hall
commented
The views feature acts on layer visibility and locking, apparently. Using a custom view, you can set your layer visibility and lock states. I think that's how it works, although it is a really old feature, so perhaps it could be made to be more like the Ps compositions feature.
