How to make Locked Layers to be accessed for copy but not be modified in Illustrator?

[kiruthika bala]

Hi, I want the layers to be locked like it shoud be read-only such that the items of the layer can be accessed for copy and not be modified.

Is there a way to do it programatically or thru any settings ?

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[Doug A Roberts]

Are you supplying someone with an AI file? For what purpose?

There is no way to do that in an AI file. There are ways of locking various things in a PDF, but they aren't watertight and are easily circumvented.

[carlosgarro]

I'm afraid this is not possible.

[Srishti Bali]

Hi Kiruthika,

As mentioned above, it is not possible as of now, however, sounds like a good feature request. I would request if you can take a moment and share this on our UserVoice page: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/

This is the best way of communicating with the Engineering and Product Management teams regarding issues and suggestions so they can be implemented in future releases.

Regards,

Srishti

[Dior Swocke]

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[Kurt Gold]

Turning on that option may be helpful in some cases, Dior.

But I'm not sure if kiruthika bala was really looking for that kind of solution.