GraphiteEditor/Graphite

Duplicate in Layers Panel with Alt+Drag

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#2,824 opened on Jul 3, 2025

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Hi, for UX consitency i would suggest that a layer can be duplicated by Alt+Dragging it in the layerspanel.

not shure if this is to early to note some absolutely minor UX inconsitencys as there isnt a UX tag ... feel free to deleat :) i will come back later xD

Best and big thanks to all devs!

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Research direction
Investigate the layers panel implementation in the Graphite codebase, likely in the frontend Rust code. Look for existing drag and drop handling and duplication logic. The issue suggests adding Alt+drag to duplicate layers, so understand the current interactions and modify them to support the modifier key. Check if there are any comments or linked PRs mentioning similar features.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
frontend
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Feature
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3
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Clear
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familiarity with Rustunderstanding of UI event handling
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