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An indented way to achieve this now is to create a simple action.
1. Create an action
2. Select some art
3. Create a new Layer with a button in the Layers panel
4. Object > Arrange > Send to Current Layer
5. End recording
Actions are great for automating various routines we have in Illustrator, and this is just one of them. If you think it still should be a native operation instead (or an action to be included in standard Actions pack) — please vote and comment.
An error occurred while saving the comment Jan commentedThanks a lot @Egor a great solution for now. Hopefully a native feature one day soon.
An error occurred while saving the comment Jan commented@Egor It feels like the most basic of features for which no Action should be needed. But we can agree to differ on that point.
I've tried to create an Action like this but have not found a way to collect the selection on the artboard into a new layer. Would you care to explain how you achieved this? And not via the Layers panel?
An error occurred while saving the comment Jan commented@Egor Chistyakov yes you can do this with an action but why isn't this part of the default functionality?
When working you want to be able to select and collect from the canvas because that's where your focus is. Otherwise you have to move your mouse to the Layers panel to select items. It gets me out of the flow. It's weird for me that this only works in the layers panel.
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Yes please that would be most useful