Folders in After Effects timeline

Yes please!
Pro Tools just added it. Grouping would SIGNIFICANTLY increase my workflow

It would be great if you could make group layers work - For example I want to use a group of layers as a displacement map in my video, but I'd rather not use precompose and have to enter the precompose group and switch back and forth to edit stuff. The new master settings based on essential graphics is a good step, but it would be great if groups like dropdown folders could be added, and be made visible as a layer that can be used for displacement maps, alpha mattes and more off the bat. Also, precomposing breaks parent links if you have stuff parented and synced inside and outside a precomp, if groups worked instead that'll be much cleaner and faster.

Upvote! Adobe, please!

What would be great is if you could create folders inside layer panel...so you can group together layers...and obviously name the folders etc. making it easier to work with folders rather than stacks of coloured layers.

This would be SO helpful and would seem such a simple addition. Working on large timelines would be so much simpler if we could group the layers.

I wish...
I cant wait to see it...
please upvote this idea maybe adobe will hear us!!

YEP!
This would be a perfect match: Folder.
But over several years this is a real topic in the forum.
I think it will never be realised, it's a pity.

For sure.

Folders just like in Photoshop. Simple and would dramatically improve productivity.

Agreed. I think of precomps as being like smart objects in Photoshop. If I had to make a smart object every time I wanted to group things together, that would be a nightmare. Often I want to group layers while still maintaining the visual context of the larger comp. This is not possible with a precomp. The only other option is to have an endless scroll of layers. Shy guy arguably helps with this, but I have yet to find a particularly productive way to use it in my workflow.

PLEASE do this, it seems like a no brainer. This would save me a huge amount of time!

It would make navigating large files much easier. Also please allow us add blending modes to these groups.