Lock and hide layers
When you lock a layer, you prevent any object on that layer from being selected. Hiding a layer makes all the objects on that layer invisible, and therefore also prevents them from being selected or changed.
To lock a layer
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In the Layers panel, click the Lock icon
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To unlock a layer, click the |
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To lock or unlock multiple layers at once, drag the mouse vertically across the Lock |
To hide or display a layer
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In the Layers panel, click the Visibility icon
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If you press ALT+click on a Lock icon Similarly, you can toggle the visibility state of all the layers except one (making them all visible or all hidden) by pressing ALT+click on the layer's Visibility icon |
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To show or hide multiple layers at once, drag the mouse vertically across the Visibility icon |