Inspiring

P: How to unlock / Lock All including Child Layers

Forum|Forum|14 years ago
October 5, 2011
17 replies
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Currently you have to manually select each layer one by one to lock and unlock, which is a pain. If you want to move a group and have a locked layer buried in the group you have to go down and find it and unlock it you want to move a group.

Sucks.

There should be a unlock all / lock all for selected layers and groups with an option to include child layers.

Tyler Swift

Participant

I have macro keys set, and when going through multiple open tabs, i would love a macro to be able to unlock the background layer. But all of the modifier shortcuts do not work at all on a newly opened background layer. i can use the modifier shortcuts (commands) to lock and unlock newly created layers. But nothing to alter the background layer on a new comp.

Anyone have any reccomendations? Am i missing anything?

All the best,

Tyler.

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Devaraj283492370rk3

Participant

ctrl + alt + a then click lock again click lock it will be unlocked.

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LISASASA

Participant

Problem solved. Thanks!

davescm

Community Expert

The link is broken as it referes to a blog in 2017 (i.e. 5 years ago) but the fix it refers to is still in place

Just use Layers > Lock all Layers in Group which will lock (or unlock) layers depending on the settings in the dialogue that opens. It works on groups and nested groups

Dave

Sterphy

Known Participant

Not only does this not explain how to do what is asked, the link doesn't work. Shouldn't be marked as a correct answer

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FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor

Inspiring

Use the following shortcuts to lock and unlock layers in Photoshop CC 2014.

• Command + / (Mac) | Control + / (Win) toggles between locking and unlocking all selected layers. (Clicking on the lock icon will also unlock a layer).

• Command + Option +/ (Mac) | Control + Alt + / (Win) unlocks all layers (except the Background layer).

• In addition, there is a new menu item Layer> Lock Layers.

Specific to locking Shape layers:

• If a shape layer is locked, it now behaves properly and cannot be selected (in previous versions it could).

• When a Shape layer is locked, the Shape Properties in the Properties panel will be disabled.

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J453

Legend

This issue should be fixed in the latest release of Photoshop.

To summarize, there was a command Layers > Unlock All Layers in Group which will worked for the simple case of a group with child layers matching its locked state. This didn't work for locked groups (and their children if they have inherited locks from their parent group). We've fixed this so Lock All Layers in Group/Unlock All Layers in Group will work more consistently - no matter if the state is mixed (group contains locked and unlocked layers or inherited thier locked state from the parent group).

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FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor

Inspiring

This combo can't be recorded as action in current PS version because "click on lock" records dialog for locking nested layers in group which is messed up. It can't record normal layers un/locking.
(this issue is already somewhere in forum)

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J453

Legend

To summarize, there is a command Layers > Unlock All Layers in Group which will work for the simple case of a group with child layers. This doesn't work for locked groups (and their children if they have inherited locks from their parent group). I've logged a request to have the command work on child groups as well as layers.

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FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor

Inspiring

I would like to correct my answer.

This feature is messed up because it can't work with groups. So it's not corectly implemented.

Combo: Ctrl + G, Ctrl + G, Ctrl + Shift + G, click on full-lock, click on full-lock again, Ctrl + Shift + G
works much bulletproof if you didn't exhaust groups nesting levels. (you must click on lock, slash key works only for single layer)

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