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How to show 'All layers' view in the timeline

Community Beginner ,
Aug 28, 2025 Aug 28, 2025

My timeline view only has two options: Switch views and Scene view. My co-worker has a third option: All layers. Why and how can I show that 'All layers' view? It would make it easier to adjust the objects in each scene.

 

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Adobe Employee , Aug 29, 2025 Aug 29, 2025

Hi @Marco248094636yu8,

 

Thank you for your message. We understand that working without the “All Layers” view is challenging. Our team is actively working on this feature, and we kindly ask for your patience while we continue to improve and roll it out.

We’ll provide updates as soon as they become available.

Thank you again for your understanding.


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Adobe Employee , Aug 28, 2025 Aug 28, 2025

Hi @LuLos,

 

Welcome to the community! I'd like to inform you that this is an experimental feature that’s currently being tested with a limited group of users. Not everyone will have access to it right away, as we’re still gathering feedback and making improvements.

 

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Tarun

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 28, 2025 Aug 28, 2025

My timeline view only has two options: Switch views and Scene view. My co-worker has a third option: All layers. Why and how can I show that 'All layers' view? It would make it easier to adjust the objects in each scene.

 

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How to show 'All layers' view in the timeline

 

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 28, 2025 Aug 28, 2025

Her view 

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Adobe Employee ,
Aug 28, 2025 Aug 28, 2025

Hi @LuLos,

 

Welcome to the community! I'd like to inform you that this is an experimental feature that’s currently being tested with a limited group of users. Not everyone will have access to it right away, as we’re still gathering feedback and making improvements.

 

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Tarun

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New Here ,
Aug 29, 2025 Aug 29, 2025

Hi, I'm facing the same issue. The 'all layers' option was available until recently but its gone now and it's very difficult to work without it. Is there any update on by when this feature will be restored?

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Adobe Employee ,
Aug 29, 2025 Aug 29, 2025

Hi @twinkle_2222,

 

We appreciate your patience as we continue to improve and roll out the update. We’ll provide updates as soon as they become available.

 

Thank you again for your understanding.


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Community Beginner ,
Aug 29, 2025 Aug 29, 2025

This just happened to me, and I desperately want it back for a project I was hoping to post today. 

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New Here ,
Aug 29, 2025 Aug 29, 2025

Hello,

during yesterday, the option of showing all layers disappeared.

I can't enable it anymore.

any thought?

 

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Adobe Employee ,
Aug 29, 2025 Aug 29, 2025

Hi @Marco248094636yu8,

 

Thank you for your message. We understand that working without the “All Layers” view is challenging. Our team is actively working on this feature, and we kindly ask for your patience while we continue to improve and roll it out.

We’ll provide updates as soon as they become available.

Thank you again for your understanding.


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Community Beginner ,
Aug 29, 2025 Aug 29, 2025

Thanks Tarun Saini and mahmoud_5524, for the quick response! 

We hope this feature comes back soon, as it's really time-consuming and honestly a bit frustrating to work without it.

Another suggestion: it would be great to have the ability to extend a layer across the entire timeline, not just within individual slides. For example, adding a logo to the bottom of the entire video.

Thanks again for working on this. Express keeps getting better every day, and it's a great tool to collaborate with non-designers in the company.

 

LuLo
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Community Beginner ,
Sep 02, 2025 Sep 02, 2025

Just adding my voice to the throng.  It would be helpful to know if it might be this week that the feature is back? By using the extremely helpful "All Layers" feature, I have set an expectation within my client. I will have to rebuild my whole file in AE (taking significantly longer) to deliver a final project that meets expectations.  That's billable time flying out the window!

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 29, 2025 Aug 29, 2025

Hello, 

 

I was working on editing a video in Express last week and was able to see all of my layers & their timing stacked together on top of each other in the bottom navigation bar, and now it's gone. I desperately need to get this back. 

 

Just clicking on those little purple dots is incredibly unhelpful because I can't see timings and start stops in relation to one another like I need to. It makes editing practically impossible, especially with effects.  I haven't been able to figure out Premiere Pro no matter how hard I try. 

 

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New Here ,
Aug 29, 2025 Aug 29, 2025

I am having a similar issue. The option to "View All Layers" no longer appears when I click Switch Views. I've tried the items suggested and no change. 

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 29, 2025 Aug 29, 2025

I've tried them as well with no luck. It seems like this is a bigger issue that lots of people are having. I hope they bring back the "all layers" option soon and listen to everyone's feedback. 

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New Here ,
Sep 03, 2025 Sep 03, 2025
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The option disappeared for me yesterday, like mid day.  "All layers" was there in the morning, and removed by the afternoon.  When i think about it, it happened after updating apps in Creative Cloud.  Not sure why they would do this as it is a pretty essential feature imo. And nowhere did they say it was "exerimental" or beta feature.  Kind of horrible. Hoping it comes back.

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