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Select matching layers and apply matching styles

Use one filtered Visual scope to select matching layers and apply matching styles without changing layer content.

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Written by David Peng

Select matching layers and Apply to all use the same exact Template slot identity and the same currently visible Visual scope. Filtering immediately scopes both actions; Arrange visible visuals only changes the canvas layout.

How matching works

IngenOps matches the stable identity created by Template setup. It does not match by layer name, position, or visual similarity. A same-named layer created independently may not be a match.

Set the Visual scope

  1. Open the Layers panel.

  2. Choose Filter visuals.

  3. Select Products, Sizes, or both.

The filters intersect. Both Select matching layers and Apply to all now operate only inside the filtered Visual set. Choose Reset to return the scope to all Visuals.

Arrange visible visuals is optional. It moves the filtered Visuals into a grid, but it does not change which Visuals the matching actions use.

Select matching layers

  1. Select one visible template-linked layer.

  2. Choose Select matching layers (N) in Filter visuals or the canvas toolbar.

IngenOps selects visible, unlocked, non-hidden layers with the same Template slot identity inside the current Visual scope. This changes selection only; it does not edit the layers.

Apply one property section to matches

Apply to all is available when exactly one non-container template-linked layer is selected and matching targets exist.

  1. Set the Visual scope with Filter visuals when needed.

  2. Select one source layer.

  3. In the Properties panel, open the section you want to copy.

  4. Choose Apply to all.

You do not need to arrange the Visuals first. Apply to all resolves the same matching targets as Select matching layers, then applies only the chosen property section.

What Apply to all can copy

  • Appearance

  • Typography

  • Fill

  • Stroke

  • Effects

  • Image adjustments

  • Image layout

What stays unchanged

  • Layer content is not copied.

  • Typography keeps each target’s text.

  • Image layout keeps each target’s image or asset identity.

  • Effects preserve target image adjustments.

The complete multi-Visual change is one undo step.

When actions are unavailable

The actions are unavailable when the source is not template-linked, no visible selectable matches exist, all matches are already selected, or the current selection has the wrong number or type of layers.

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