Re: [Gimp-user] Layers in an .xcf file not showing in the Layers tab

[Michael Schumacher <schumaml gmx de>]

On 03/27/2017 12:14 AM, Ross Martinek wrote:

> have an .xcf file that is supposed to contain some 300 layers.
> However, today when I opened it, it says the file has the correct
> number of layers, but the Layers tab is grayed or blued out, and none
> of the layers appear.The file was fine when I worked on it yesterday.

But does the image still look ok? If yes, then the layers are there, but
don't show up in the Layers dialog.

> Opening a backup file has the same result.
>
> Does anyone have an idea why this happened, and what can be done to
> fix it? Is this a problem with GIMP or is the file corrupt?

The Layers dialog can be set to follow the active image automatically,
or require a manual action to do so - this can be useful if you want to
bring many layers from one image into another, for example.

This is controlled by the bar with a image drop-down and Auto button in
the corresponding dock - see
https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-dialogs-structure.html#gimp-layer-dialog

You should check if you have disabled the Auto setting there.


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Regards,
Michael
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