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  1. Install new tools in toolbox by default

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    2 comments  ·  Illustrator (Desktop) SDK/Scripting Issues » C++ SDK  ·  Admin →
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    Jan commented  · 

    Yes please that would be most useful

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  2. Create a layer from a selection or an artboard

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    16 comments  ·  Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests » Layers  ·  Admin →
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    Resolved (Comments Open)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    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.

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    Jan commented  · 

    Thanks a lot @Egor a great solution for now. Hopefully a native feature one day soon.

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    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?

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    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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