P: Multiple and reorder/sort effects/styles

Appreciate that, Jeffrey. Just hoping the first step/s can finally be started though, otherwise they'll never get done.

I appreciate the enthusiasm. To give some additional insight, this is not a simple/small change and would greatly impact file compatibility - so we'd need to proceed carefully implementing such a feature.

Seems like this needs to be a JDI, Adobe. No more excuses please, JDI (Just Do It).

In the "Layer style" dialogue box in Photoshop, along the left of the pop-up box are "styles" which can be applied to that layer. e.g. strokes, gradients, bevels, pattern, glows etc.

The styles have a specific and fixed layer order. "Bevel & Emboss" at the top through to "Drop shadow" at the bottom.

They cannot currently be re-arranged, but sometimes different effects could be achieved if the priority order could be changed. For example, "outer glow" underneath/ behind "drop shadow" or "inner glow" above "inner shadow" or "color overlay" behind "gradient overlay".

I would like to see a way to CONTROL THE ORDER that styles are applied, either on a layer basis, document wide or both.

Note to admin: Please don't merge this with the topic "Photoshop: Allow renaming of Layers in Layer Styles dialog ". My suggestion is not regarding re-naming a layer style, but re-ordering.

I am aware of both. I am also aware that both have restrictions. I sometimes like to create a layer that has a gradient and then a color overlay to give that gradient a quickly editable color/hue. Then I sometimes will add a semi-transparent pattern overtop both.

However, that currently isn't possible without either re-editing both the Gradient and Color Overlay blend modes, or creating a new layer and applying the Pattern Overlay to the new layer with a 0% fill. What I'd really like to do is just drag the Pattern Overlay effect above the Color and Gradient Overlays.

That is just one example of when I'd like to create an effect with just 1 layer, but have to resort to creating multiple.

Also, changing blend modes could help if you want to keep it as a single layer.

Ever thought about using groups as layer-style effect containers?With that you can easily workaround the issue without having to duplicate layers.
Be cautious - too many group (especially nested) styles seem to be very resource heavy and at some point can slow down your work. Keep that in mind to prevent frustration 😉

Being able to put Pattern Overlay on top of Color Overlay would be great. Or Gradient over Color, etc. I hate having to re-paint my layer just to give a certain effect, when just adding a color overlay would've worked...if only it didn't cover my pattern overlay effect. Let's get this option in the works...

@10951564 absolutely agree on this one. That stuff can really go fiddly and annoying on bigger projects. Using group-effects slows performance, so working around (as expected) can be frustrating in some cases. Smart Objects is also not always sophisticating (especially concerning scalability and shape features) .

Hope to see movements on this specific feature as soon as possible.
@Adobe?

These days designing flat makes things easier for me though. 😉

@POWALOWSKI A workaround isn't always that "easy". I guess it depends on what you are using PS for, but in a complex UI design for example, with lots of buttons, tabs etc - creating workarounds for every single element gets pretty tedious. And maybe later you want to change something...

In such cases, this feature would be a huge time saver!