You can't, but that usually is not needed - what you are probbly missing is that by holding "shift" + click when using the move tool, you will always move the current active layer, not the layer with the first non-transparent pixel under the pointer. (which is usually the situation when you'd be moving a layer you don't want too)

On 19 August 2016 at 20:59, Ross Martinek wrote:

No lock symbol next to the layer in the Layer dialog. I can lock the pixels of the layer, or the alpha channel, but not the layer itself.

Ross

On Aug 19, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Owen Cook wrote:

There is a Lock symbol next to the layer in the layer dialog.

Does that work for you?

When I accidentally move a layer, I do a Ctrl+Z and then make sure the select tool is on "Move selected layer"

Owen --
Sent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity. On 20/08/2016, 3:58 AM Ross Martinek wrote: Is there any way to lock a layer so that it cannot be inadvertently moved while working on it?

Ross

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I have also found that putting my cursor on something solid in the layer I want to move--the middle of a filled letter of text, an object--will also move only the target layer.

But I like that "shift+click" trick, too.

Rick

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Thanks—didn’t know about that, and it may help a lot.

Ross

On Aug 19, 2016, at 8:36 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote:

You can't, but that usually is not needed - what you are probbly missing is that by holding "shift" + click when using the move tool, you will always move the current active layer, not the layer with the first non-transparent pixel under the pointer. (which is usually the situation when you'd be moving a layer you don't want too)

On 19 August 2016 at 20:59, Ross Martinek wrote:

No lock symbol next to the layer in the Layer dialog. I can lock the pixels of the layer, or the alpha channel, but not the layer itself.

Ross

On Aug 19, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Owen Cook wrote:

There is a Lock symbol next to the layer in the layer dialog.

Does that work for you?

When I accidentally move a layer, I do a Ctrl+Z and then make sure the select tool is on "Move selected layer"

Owen --
Sent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity. On 20/08/2016, 3:58 AM Ross Martinek wrote: Is there any way to lock a layer so that it cannot be inadvertently moved while working on it?

Ross

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The default behavior of the Move tool is configurable under Edit > Preferences... (Tool Options section, I believe). I personally prefer the default behavior to be click-to-pick, but this looks like one of those cases where only moving the current (active) layer is a preferable default behavior.

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Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 6:36 PM
To: Ross Martinek
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You can't, but that usually is not needed -
what you are probbly missing is that by holding "shift" + click when
using the move tool, you will always move the current active layer,
not the layer with the first non-transparent pixel under the pointer.
(which is usually the situation when you'd be moving a layer you don't
want too)

On 19 August 2016 at 20:59, Ross Martinek  wrote:
> No lock symbol next to the layer in the Layer dialog. I can lock the pixels of the layer, or the alpha channel, but not the layer itself.
>
> Ross
>
>
>> On Aug 19, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Owen Cook  wrote:
>>
>> There is a Lock symbol next to the layer in the layer dialog.
>>
>> Does that work for you?
>>
>> When I accidentally move a layer, I do a Ctrl+Z and then make sure the select tool is on "Move selected layer"
>>
>>
>>
>> Owen
>> --
>> Sent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>> On 20/08/2016, 3:58 AM Ross Martinek  wrote:
>> Is there any way to lock a layer so that it cannot be inadvertently moved while working on it?
>>
>> Ross
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