layers within a clipping group

[hendy_5450]

how can I keep all my layers I created and put them all in a clipping group

(a bounding box)

when I try, all layers go into the clipping group

here is a snapshot of the groups I created and then the clipping after that - which all my layers went into

[Bobby Henderson]

A clipping group is one logical object. It can't be spread across multiple layers. The only alternative is placing copies of the same clipping mask object across different layers and applying the clipping masks to objects on their respective layers.

[hendy_5450]

Is there any simpler way than just to get all my objects to show only
within my artboard?
(other than a clipping mask)

[Bobby Henderson]

Go to the View Menu and select Trim View. That should hide objects that are falling outside the art board.

[hendy_5450]

Thank you for that.
i never knew this

[hendy_5450]

how can I get all my layers back now- the way I divided them?
they're all in the clipping mask?

[Bobby Henderson]

Once multiple selected objects across multiple layers are placed inside a clipping mask they'll all get moved to the same layer where the clipping mask resides. The only ways to reverse that are undoing the clipping mask operation or releasing the clipping mask and manually moving the released objects back to their respective layers.

[Ton Frederiks]

Or use a Layer Clipping Mask (which is dangerous when layers are shared across various artboards).

[Monika Gause]

Put them all into another layer. Apply the clip mask to that layer with the clip mask button in the Layers panel.

[Monika Gause]

THis is how that works: https://youtu.be/-zX9WTkNwY0