P: Support Copy and Paste Layers

I'm not alone in wanting the ability to copy and paste layer information; however, I have an idea that should work without killing anyone else's workflow.

Just let me right-click on a layer in the layers panel and have an option to "Copy To Clipboard." The layer could also be a layer group, which is why "Copy To Clipboard" covers both scenarios. This should copy all layer information with adjustment layers, layer masks—everything under the tree structure of the layer group, including that which exceeds document bounds!

It would also be great if a keyboard shortcut could be mapped to this functionality.

If this is still an unacceptable feature, can we at least mark the layer as a source layer, in some way? So that we can "Paste from source layer" or something to this effect?

Even better if the source layer or copied layer could be pasted into other applications, which is why the clipboard method is most appealing to me.

Really, I don't like the source layer method so much, as it prevents the ability to "Cut". I'm just trying to compromise here. We need something!

The question is there for quite a while I can see, I really can't understand why hasn't it already happened, that I could copy and paste layers in layer panel (above selected layer). It would make the workflow so much less annoying....can't be that hard?

Yeah, I want the copy/paste functionality mostly for copying/pasting layers and groups between DIFFERENT documents. Current workflow of dragging them from one document to another is pain.

++++1 on getting copy/paste layers/groups/smart objects easily between documents with keyboard commands(and paste above the selected layer/group/smart object for that matter) - this would be a HUGE help for us UI artists who have to deal with moving/organizing 300+ layers all the time in Photoshop.

Copying/Pasting groups/layers between documents and or pasting them right above the selected layer has been available in Fireworks since forever.

Fireworks is now owned by Adobe so why can't this functionality be migrated over into Photoshop? It's now 2015 Adobe, just copy/paste the code between apps, right? 😉

I would also go a +1 for this feature.

We need a copy/cut/paste feature like Fireworks and Illustrator for layers panel where a user can copy/cut/paste layers by just selecting a layer or multiple layers (layers can contain anything like text, live shape, a bitmap image etc etc).

Com'on Adobe PS people ... this is 2014 ... Do something about this feature.

It's painful how much ROI this feature request poses, yet it doesn't happen. Heck, it's nearly a JDI feature!

What I mean is how useful it would be VS the effort to implement it.
The functionality to make it happen is already in - You can already duplicate a layer to other docs and you can even ALT+DRAG a layer in the Layers Panel to copy and move it somewhere else at the same time, but you have to manually drag it up or down and force the Layers Panel to auto-scroll while holding the mouse and hovering awkwardly over where you want to go. Very sluggish and frustrating.

Implement copy/cut and pasting of layers.
See my implementation idea, 5 posts ago; one year ago.

I like the way Photoshop can duplicate layers to another open document.
But once in a while, I want to copy a layer to the clipboard, just like other apps can copy a selection to the clipboard.

Why ain't this possible?

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I would love if Photoshop allowed you to copy / paste a layer. I know you can duplicate a layer and even duplicate one into another file, but every time I need to move a layer across files I always find myself wishing I could quickly command + C (to the clipboard) and command + V it, rather than using the slow mouse controls.