The Group Layer is a simple container that holds multiple Layers together, allowing them to be treated as a single unit.

Group Layers are ideal for organizing complex layouts, creating background sections, or grouping related elements that should move and transform together.

Overview #

• Acts as a container for any number of child Layers.
• Allows moving or rotating a group of Layers as one object.
  • Scaling the Group Layer will only adjust the available space for child Layers.
• Unlike Grid and Stack Layers, children of Group Layers are visible outside of the bounds of the Layer.
• Does not perform automatic layout or spacing of its contents.

This Layer can be created with the “Group Child Layers” tool in the Tool Select Toolbar.

Properties #

This Layer supports all of the universal Layer properties along with some of its own.

Background #

This property is of the Brush Property type, which allows for color and visual styling of the Layer.

Defines the brush used to fill the area specified by the Width and Height of the Layer.

Opacity Mask #

This property is of the Brush Property type, which allows for color and visual styling of the Layer.

Applies a mask effect over the group’s rendered content to control how it blends or fades. This can be used to create gradient transparency, fade effects, or highlight shapes.

Child Layers #

Child Layers placed inside a Group Layer:

• Are positioned using their own X and Y coordinates, which are relative to the Group Layer’s position and based on their own alignment.
• Maintain their own alignment, sizing, and rotation independent of each other.
• Move and rotate together when the Group Layer itself is transformed.
• Are not automatically arranged or spaced as positioning inside the Group Layer is fully manual.