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June 6, 2025
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inDesign Feature Request: Faster Rename Layer

  • June 6, 2025
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Please, please, PLEASE!!!! For the love of God!

I've been using inDesign for like 20 YEARS now, that's probably months waiting to be able to rename layers.

 

Just let us be able to rename layers by selecting the layer in the layers panel and pressing return or enter like in After Effects, Premiere and so many other programs. maybe even a shortcut key?

 

You have users writing scripts to bypass the existing behavior because it is no good.

 

Click-pause-click and then wait a couple second and THEN we're able to finally change the name of the layer?

 

That's click, wait, click, wait again just to rename a layer. 

 

Come on team! Please just do us this little solid.

 

There are no other key bindings or functions for selecting a layer in the layers panel and pressing return. There is no drawback to this. It will only save us time, which is a core tennant of Adobe's mission.

 

Thank you!

Correct answer Scott Falkner

https://indesign.uservoice.com/

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BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 6, 2025

The first click selects the layer. The second click allows you to change the name. If layer is already selected it's one click.

 

Or, as already mentioned, double click to bring up the properties and change the name that way. 

 

Unless I'm missing something, I don't really see an issue here.

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    Flo_8580
    Inspiring
    June 6, 2025

    Don't know if you're aware, but you could also double click on a layer name. This will open the layer options dialog with the layer name already selected, so you can just type a new name and hit enter.

      rob day
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      rob dayCommunity Expert
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      June 6, 2025

      but you could also double click on a layer name

       

      Hi @Flo_8580 , I think @solidvision is refuring to a Layer’s page item list—Layers are a document property while the page item list is a list of items on the active spread.

       

      There does need to be a delay beteen the clicks when you double-click a page item name in order to edit the name.

       

      BobLevine
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      BobLevineCommunity Expert
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      June 6, 2025

      I don't see that mentioned anywhere but you may be right.

      Scott Falkner
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      Scott FalknerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      June 6, 2025

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