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You cannot "move" a layer!
You can only move objects/elements/paths that are on a layer.

 

You can lock individual paths.

You can lock groups or nested groups and so on.

You can lock sublayers.

You can lock layers.

 

Why don't you create a new layer under your layer "Layer 1" and move your blue rectangle to this new layer? Then you can either lock the blue rectangle - or the whole newly created layer. Then all other objects on your original layer are freely editable and movable, but not the blue rectangle.

 

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MahaB82A
MahaB82AAuthor
Brainiac
December 25, 2022

Thanks for all.

Jacob Bugge
Community Expert
December 25, 2022

For my part you are welcome, Maha.

 

pixxxelschubser
pixxxelschubserCorrect answer
Community Expert
December 25, 2022

You cannot "move" a layer!
You can only move objects/elements/paths that are on a layer.

 

You can lock individual paths.

You can lock groups or nested groups and so on.

You can lock sublayers.

You can lock layers.

 

Why don't you create a new layer under your layer "Layer 1" and move your blue rectangle to this new layer? Then you can either lock the blue rectangle - or the whole newly created layer. Then all other objects on your original layer are freely editable and movable, but not the blue rectangle.

 

Jacob Bugge
Community Expert
December 25, 2022

Maha,

 

What can be moved are unlocked objects on the Layer (if you use the normal term, rather than Photoshop speak where everything new is a layer); and you can only prevent their moving by  temporary locking, then unlock each when you wish to work on it.

 

You cannot work on an object without also being able to move it (which is also a kind of working on it).

 

 

Ares Hovhannesyan
Community Expert
December 25, 2022

Usually I lock separate object. That is workaround for me.