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rickdb1991
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February 7, 2022
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Unable to move the text layer on the top of the layer panel in XD

A bug keeps happening where XD will ignore the hierarchy in layers. See screenshot. no matter how I try to move the text in front of the object it wont move to the top (in view). Moving the objects to a new document doesn't fix it.

 

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    AkinGn
    AkinGnCorrect answer
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    November 30, 2022

    Hi @rickdb1991 , the only reason I can think of is having a z-index under the transform panel at the right sidebar ( https://youtu.be/DuVAAxaAjwQ?t=196 ) if that's not the issue, I'm not sure what it is, maybe you might want to share a sample portion of the file so we can investigate further. Hope this helps!

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    Kaddicat
    Kaddicat
    Participant
    May 5, 2023

    AkinGn's answer doesnt address anything of what was asked

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    AkinGn
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    AkinGnCommunity Expert
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    May 5, 2023

    Hi @Kaddicat, honestly I feel like you need to read my comment again as I think you're missing the points I'm making, I'm addressing the most common reason that causes the issue (and you can see another designer tells it solved the issue for him and my answer has been marked as correct answer by a very valuable expert for a reason) and even offering to take time to examine a sample file with the problem in case I'm missing something, which is possible, I know I'm not perfect, the most friendly, the nicest etc. I'm sorry but your comment made me think all of those I mentioned. If you have any other suggestions or have something to add, I'd be more than happy to listen. Thanks!

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      Kaddicat
      Kaddicat
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      May 8, 2023

      No not at all. My apologies for my being terse to the point of impoliteness there. I appreciate your assisstance in the community.

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        AkinGn
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        AkinGnCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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        November 30, 2022

        Hi @rickdb1991 , the only reason I can think of is having a z-index under the transform panel at the right sidebar ( https://youtu.be/DuVAAxaAjwQ?t=196 ) if that's not the issue, I'm not sure what it is, maybe you might want to share a sample portion of the file so we can investigate further. Hope this helps!

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          Ryan24743624wpcn
          Participating Frequently
          December 1, 2022

          @AkinGn Thanks! Yes, this was the issue for me! I noticed it was only on objects that I used 3d transforms.

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            Ryan24743624wpcn
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            November 30, 2022

            I'm having the same issue and I cannot figure it out. Using the OP's design as an example, I have the text sitting on top of the shape, but with some shapes when I go to resize them, suddenly the shape will be on top of the text even though the text layer is still higher in the layers panel. And there is no shuffling of the layers that seems to correct this. What is happening?

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            highgrown
            highgrown
            Participant
            February 15, 2022

            We're encountering the same bug right now. Please fix ASAP, Adobe.

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            Ares Hovhannesyan
            Community Expert
            Ares HovhannesyanCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            February 7, 2022

            I can't reproduce it. Changing  in layer hierarchy change text position. Also using "Send to Back" or other command move layer down.

            Is your Xd version latest one?  

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              rickdb1991Author
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              February 7, 2022

              Hi,

               

              It doesn' always happen but definitely occurs on almost a daily basis now. My colleagues are having the issue as well. The Mac is up to date and so is everything Adobe. I have been reading on the community board that this has been happening more often and it's quite worrying that there still isn't a fix for it. Can this be escalated somehow because I keep having to renew documents that have hours of work in it.

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              Harshika Verma
              Community Manager
              Harshika VermaCommunity Manager
              Community Manager
              February 7, 2022

              Hi rickdb1991,

               

              We are sorry to hear you are having trouble. In addition to what our expert has suggested, we would request you to please share the below details-

               

              1. The version of XD and the details of your operating system
              2. Please record a video of the issue whenever it happens next and share with us.
              3. Does that happen with all files or with a specific file?
              4. Have you noticed any specific action triggering this behavior?

               

              We will try our best to investigate the issue.

               

              Thanks,

              Harshika

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