Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 6-15. In the Layers panel, Shift-click or Ctrl-click/
⌘
-click to select the layers you want to
link, and then click the little chain icon next to one of the layers' thumbnails to link them together.
The chain icon turns orange on each of the linked layers to let you know they're connected. To un-
link them, simply click one of the linked layers in the Layers panel, and then click the chain icon
again.
You can also merge layers (as explained in the next section) into one layer. Or you can use
the layer-activation commands described in the box below and skip linking altogether; as
long as the layers all stay selected, they travel as a group. But the advantage of linking is that
the linked layers stay associated until you unlink them—you don't need to worry about acci-
dentally clicking somewhere else in the panel and losing your layer grouping.
