Layers and Pages

[Afi-altfi]

hi,

  

i have been designing on indesign for a long time and realised a sudden change or update. I have noticed that all the layers show up on all the pages created in the file. is there a way of having a black page with not showing the entire list of layers on individual page from the file?

everytime i create a new page, it shows the previous page layers which is very annoying. 

please can someone advice me on how to get rid of this feature. 

thank you. 

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

I don't think I understand your question. Layers have always been document wide, not per-page.

[Manan Joshi · Accepted solution]

We had an elaborate discussion on this topic in the following thread, Have a look

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/viewing-only-layers-of-current-page/m-p/11384733?page=1

As already mentioned this has been this way always, I am not sure how you think otherwise. But to answer your question, no it is not possible. Layers are document wide and each page new/old will have all the layers of the document

-Manan

[Geоrge]

Nevertheless you can do many files with need it layers shemes and have them in a book. 

Here you go - https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/creating-book-files.html

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

It's certainly possible to have single-page documents in a book, so it could work as long as the pagination is controlled. Not knowing much about the document, it's hard to tell if creating a book would be the best way to go.

If cost is not an issue, another option would be to check out DTP Tools plugin for layer groups:

http://dtptools.com/product.asp?id=lgid

(This is a subscription-based product with lots of other nice plugins.)

[JonathanArias]

this has always been the case, not somethign that was added in a new version of the software,  you just never noticed it till now.

Which brings the question of what about your master pages?  how would you apply a master with its own layers over pages with all different layers? how would that work?

It opens a can or worms.