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chromax
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February 6, 2025
Question

Feature Request: Shift lock movement for groups and more

  • February 6, 2025
  • 3 replies
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Hi,

I have some simple wishes to professional work with express.

 

  • the horizontal/vertical lock should also work in groups. The purpose of groups (for me) is to move them precisely.
  • a strange behaviour is to click on a group and it goes straight into the group and the clicked object. Most time I want to click the group and start to move them. I know that there is a handle top-left, but its an unnesessary click. Typical would be first click, select the group. Second click in an active group to access a grouped object (see Figma or Powerpoint)
  • Hide layers. Its possible with transparency, but one simple button would be easier. Furthermore, the layer should be visible in the layer list but greyed out (for example, if you lower transparency the layer preview in the layer list is also hidden.)


Thats from me.

 

 

3 replies

Community Manager
February 11, 2025

@chromax,

By using the handle on the left (the 6 dots icon), you should be able to click + drag wherever you want to move the entire group. Clicking (without dragging) would select it.

Thanks!

Adobe Employee
February 6, 2025

Hi @chromax 

 

I just tried #1 (shift-locking for groups) and it did work for me. Could you check again? If you keep running into this issue, could you let us know which OS/browser you are using, and what element types are included in your group? A screen recording may help.

 

As for #2, please refer to this response: https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-express-discussions/new-quot-group-quot-feature-is-a-huge-hinderance/m-p/15102958#M21192

 

#3 is logged here: https://adobeexpress.uservoice.com/forums/951181-adobe-express/suggestions/46742386-hide-layers; please upvote or comment to help the team prioritize.

 

Thanks,
Abhi G

chromax
chromaxAuthor
Known Participant
February 7, 2025

Hi Abhi,

 

No, It is not working for me to lock the movement of groups when dragging with shift. I use MacOS Sequoia 15.3 and tried Safari, Vivaldi (Chromium) and Firefox. Maybe only on Windows!?

 

 

David__B
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
February 6, 2025

 

Hi @chromax

These sound like some useful ideas. Could you help us out by creating feature requests for them here? https://adobe.ly/4hnTKOf Please include details about how they would work and why they would make using the project better or easier.

Thanks,
Dave