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- <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-layer-stack-menu"></a>7.2. Stack</h3>
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- The Stack submenu
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- The Stack submenu contains operations that either select a new
- layer as the active layer (top four items), or change the position
- of the active layer in the layer list (as shown in the Layers
- dialog).
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- <h4 class="title"><a id="gimp-layer-previous"></a>Select Previous Layer</h4>
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- This command can be accessed from an image menubar as
- <span class="guimenu">Layers</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Stack</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Select Previous Layer</span>,
- or by using the keyboard shortcut <span><b class="keycap">Page_Up</b></span>
- or the Up arrow-key,
- or more simply by clicking on layer name in Layer Dialog.
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- <p>
- "Select Previous Layer" causes the next layer down in the layer
- list to become the active layer for the image, as highlighted in
- the Layers dialog. If the active layer is at the bottom of the
- list, this menu entry will be insensitive. Note that on a
- standard Windows-style
- English keyboard, the default shortcut <span><b class="keycap">Page_Up</b></span>
- refers not to the keys on the number pad, but to the other "Page_Up"
- key in a group of six keys to the left of the numberpad.
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- The keyboard shortcuts for "Select Previous Layer" and "Select
- Next Layer" may be very useful if you find yourself often
- picking colors from one layer to use for painting on another
- layer, especially in conjunction with the feature that makes
- most paint tools switch to color-picking mode if the
- <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span> key is held down.
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- <h4 class="title"><a id="gimp-layer-next"></a>Select Next Layer</h4>
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- </div>
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- This command can be accessed from an image menubar as
- <span class="guimenu">Layers</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Stack</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Select Next Layer</span>,
- or by using the keyboard shortcut <span><b class="keycap">Page_Down</b></span>
- or the Down arrow-key,
- or more simply by clicking on layer name in Layer Dialog.
- </p>
- <p>
- "Select Next Layer" causes the next layer up in the layer
- list to become the active layer for the image, as highlighted in
- the Layers dialog. If the active layer is at the top of the
- list, this menu entry will be insensitive. Note that on a
- standard Windows-style
- English keyboard, the default shortcut <span><b class="keycap">Page_Down</b></span>
- refers not to the keys on the number pad, but to
- the other "Page_Down" key in a group of six keys to the left of
- the numberpad.
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- <h4 class="title"><a id="gimp-layer-top"></a>Select Top Layer</h4>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
- <p>
- This command can be accessed from an image menubar as
- <span class="guimenu">Layers</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Stack</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Select Top Layer</span>,
- or by using the keyboard shortcut <span><b class="keycap">Home</b></span>
- or more simply by clicking on layer name in Layer Dialog.
- </p>
- <p>
- "Select Top Layer" causes the top layer in the layer
- list to become the active layer for the image, as highlighted in
- the Layers dialog. If the active layer is at the top of the
- list, this menu entry will be insensitive. Note that on a
- standard Windows-style
- English keyboard, the default shortcut <span><b class="keycap">Home</b></span>
- refers not to the keys on the number pad, but to
- the other "Home" key in a group of six keys to the left of
- the numberpad.
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- <h4 class="title"><a id="gimp-layer-bottom"></a>Select Bottom Layer</h4>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
- <p>
- This command can be accessed from an image menubar as
- <span class="guimenu">Layers</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Stack</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Select Bottom Layer</span>,
- or by using the keyboard shortcut <span><b class="keycap">End</b></span>
- or more simply by clicking on layer name in Layer Dialog.
- </p>
- <p>
- "Select Bottom Layer" causes the bottom layer in the layer
- list to become the active layer for the image, as highlighted in
- the Layers dialog. If the active layer is at the bottom of the
- list, this menu entry will be insensitive. Note that on a
- standard Windows-style
- English keyboard, the default shortcut <span><b class="keycap">End</b></span>
- refers not to the keys on the number pad, but to
- the other "End" key in a group of six keys to the left of
- the numberpad.
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- <h4 class="title"><a id="id3469235"></a>Raise Layer</h4>
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- This command can be accessed from an image menubar as
- <span class="guimenu">Layers</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Stack</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Raise Layer</span>
- or by using the keyboard shortcut
- <span><b class="keycap">Shift</b></span>-<span><b class="keycap">Page_Up</b></span>
- </p>
- <p>
- "Raise layer" raises the active layer one level higher in the layer
- list. If it is already at the top, or there is only one layer,
- the menu entry will be insensitive. If the active layer is at
- the bottom and lacks an alpha channel, it cannot be raised until
- an alpha channel is added to it.
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- <h4 class="title"><a id="id3469298"></a>Lower layer</h4>
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- <p>
- This command can be accessed from an image menubar as
- <span class="guimenu">Layers</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Stack</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Lower Layer</span>
- or by using the keyboard shortcut
- <span><b class="keycap">Shift</b></span>-<span><b class="keycap">Page_Down</b></span>.
- </p>
- <p>
- This item lowers the active layer one level in the layer
- list. If it is already at the bottom, or there is only one layer,
- the menu entry will be insensitive.
- </p>
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- <div>
- <div>
- <h4 class="title"><a id="gimp-layer-raise-to-top"></a>Raise Layer to top</h4>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
- <p>
- This command can be accessed from an image menubar as
- <span class="guimenu">Layers</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Stack</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Raise to Top</span>
- or by using the keyboard shortcut
- <span><b class="keycap">Shift</b></span>-<span><b class="keycap">Home</b></span>.
- </p>
- <p>
- This item raises the active layer to the top of the layer
- list. If it is already at the top, or there is only one layer,
- the menu entry will be insensitive. If the active layer is at
- the bottom and lacks an alpha channel, it cannot be raised until
- an alpha channel is added to it.
- </p>
- </div>
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- <div>
- <div>
- <h4 class="title"><a id="gimp-layer-lower-to-bottom"></a>Layer to bottom</h4>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
- <p>
- This command can be accessed from an image menubar as
- <span class="guimenu">Layers</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Stack</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Layer to Bottom</span>
- or by using the keyboard shortcut
- <span><b class="keycap">Shift</b></span>-<span><b class="keycap">End</b></span>.
- </p>
- <p>
- This item lowers the active layer to the bottom of the layer
- list. If it is already at the bottom, or there is only one layer,
- the menu entry will be insensitive.
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