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    • Bob JamesB Offline
      Bob James
      last edited by

      Does it happen every time you try to rename these particular layers/groups ?
      Yes. Any layer or group.

      Even after restarting Sketchup ?
      Yes

      Do you use special characters ?
      No

      What are your Windows and IE versions ?
      Win 7
      IE 10

      Of possible significance: These are models that already had many layers, but the inability to change the names happens on both "old" layers and new.

      I added a potential fix for the next version.
      Is this in reference to alphabetizing?

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      • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
        jiminy-billy-bob
        last edited by

        Does it happen to one (or several) particular layer/group while all the other layers in the file can be renamed fine ?

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        • irwanwrI Offline
          irwanwr
          last edited by

          Internet Explorer 9 and above?
          So, it wont work with Windows XP then?

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          • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
            jiminy-billy-bob
            last edited by

            Yes it should work fine on WinXP with IE8. Avoid IE6-7, though.

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            • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
              jiminy-billy-bob
              last edited by

              @bob james said:

              Is there any way you can add the ability to alphabetize the groups and then the layers within a group?

              I'll try to add this feature.

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              • irwanwrI Offline
                irwanwr
                last edited by

                @jiminy-billy-bob said:

                Yes it should work fine on WinXP with IE8. Avoid IE6-7, though.

                It works with IE 8!? 😍
                Many thanks to you πŸ˜„

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                • Bob JamesB Offline
                  Bob James
                  last edited by

                  @jiminy-billy-bob said:

                  @bob james said:

                  Is there any way you can add the ability to alphabetize the groups and then the layers within a group?

                  I'll try to add this feature.

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                    huckrorick
                    last edited by

                    Hi,
                    Just installed Layers Panel. It says: "Your Internet Explorer version is outdated."
                    I have IE10. Microsoft site says I have the latest version. Just to test I installed IE11 (beta). Still get the same message. What's up?

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                    • H Offline
                      huckrorick
                      last edited by

                      Hi, I posted a bit ago about the outdated Internet Explorer messages.
                      In spite of the message, As far as I can tell the Layers Panel is working as described. I haven't used it extensively, just tested a bit.

                      I see that scenes are updated when I change a layer with Layers Panel (as you mentioned).
                      I gather that you have to do that to make some of the functions work.
                      It is a big problem for me. I love the idea of your plugin because I frequently have models with lots of layers (a lot) and being able to group them would be very useful.
                      However, I also have fairly complex scenes with specific layers on or off. I often go to one of those scenes and turn layers on and off for various reasons (for example, I sometimes put alternate room or furniture layouts on different layers so I can see one option, then the other). When I am done testing different layers I usually want to go back to the original layers for that scene. But it seems your plugin would prevent me from doing that.

                      Any thoughts about how to deal with that?
                      (I'm guessing to change the way the plugin works would be very difficult or impossible).

                      Huck

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                      • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                        jiminy-billy-bob
                        last edited by

                        @huckrorick said:

                        Hi,
                        Just installed Layers Panel. It says: "Your Internet Explorer version is outdated."
                        I have IE10. Microsoft site says I have the latest version. Just to test I installed IE11 (beta). Still get the same message. What's up?

                        Weird, your IE is recognize as IE6 or 7.
                        Can you open this link with Internet Explorer and take a screenshot?
                        Actually, the webdialog displays a warning when it detects IE7 or below. But maybe your version is detected as "below 7" for some reason...

                        Anyone having the same issue?

                        Also, can you screenshot Layers Panel so I can see how it displays it?

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                        • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                          jiminy-billy-bob
                          last edited by

                          @huckrorick said:

                          Any thoughts about how to deal with that?
                          (I'm guessing to change the way the plugin works would be very difficult or impossible).

                          It might (maybe) be possible. Not sure though, and it won't be easy, so probably not soon.

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                          • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                            jiminy-billy-bob
                            last edited by

                            @huckrorick said:

                            Hi,
                            Just installed Layers Panel. It says: "Your Internet Explorer version is outdated."
                            I have IE10. Microsoft site says I have the latest version. Just to test I installed IE11 (beta). Still get the same message. What's up?

                            Try that :

                            • Open Internet Explorer
                            • Press "Alt"
                            • Click on "tools" which should have appeared at the top of the window when you pressed alt
                            • Click on "Compatibility mode settings"
                            • Make sure "Display all websites in compatibility mode" and "Display intranet sites in compatibility view" are NOT checked

                            Then try again to open Layers Panel

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                            • H Offline
                              huckrorick
                              last edited by

                              @jiminy-billy-bob said:

                              @huckrorick said:

                              Hi,
                              Just installed Layers Panel. It says: "Your Internet Explorer version is outdated."
                              I have IE10. Microsoft site says I have the latest version. Just to test I installed IE11 (beta). Still get the same message. What's up?

                              Weird, your IE is recognize as IE6 or 7.
                              Can you open this link with Internet Explorer and take a screenshot?
                              Actually, the webdialog displays a warning when it detects IE7 or below. But maybe your version is detected as "below 7" for some reason...

                              Anyone having the same issue?

                              Also, can you screenshot Layers Panel so I can see how it displays it?

                              Here is the screenshot from the link.
                              Also screenshot of Layers Panel. As I mentioned, it seems to be working right, but since I'm not up on all its capabilities and haven't used it other than to make some quick tests, I don't really know.
                              At the moment, the problem of updating my scenes is keeping me from using it on the models where it would be most useful.

                              Oops, forgot to add the attachments. Hope editing and adding works.


                              UserAgentScreenShot.jpg


                              SketchupScreenShotLayersPanel.jpg

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                              • H Offline
                                huckrorick
                                last edited by

                                CompatibilityViewSettings.jpg
                                @jiminy-billy-bob said:

                                @huckrorick said:

                                Hi,
                                Just installed Layers Panel. It says: "Your Internet Explorer version is outdated."
                                I have IE10. Microsoft site says I have the latest version. Just to test I installed IE11 (beta). Still get the same message. What's up?

                                Try that :

                                • Open Internet Explorer
                                • Press "Alt"
                                • Click on "tools" which should have appeared at the top of the window when you pressed alt
                                • Click on "Compatibility mode settings"
                                • Make sure "Display all websites in compatibility mode" and "Display intranet sites in compatibility view" are NOT checked

                                Then try again to open Layers Panel

                                Attached is Screen shot of compatibility mode after I unchecked one item.
                                Still get the message that IE is outdated.

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                                • L Offline
                                  leolouie2
                                  last edited by

                                  I have just downloaded this for the 1st time. Is there a way to make it recognized existing layers in the model?

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                                  • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                                    jiminy-billy-bob
                                    last edited by

                                    This is really weird. Can you open this link with Internet Explorer and tell me what the popup says ? (If you don't have a popup, this may be because of an ActiveX warning at the bottom or top of the IE window)

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                                    • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                                      jiminy-billy-bob
                                      last edited by

                                      @leolouie2 said:

                                      I have just downloaded this for the 1st time. Is there a way to make it recognized existing layers in the model?

                                      It should do that by default.
                                      Are you using Windows ?

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                                      • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                                        jiminy-billy-bob
                                        last edited by

                                        New version 0.5 beta !

                                        Changelog :

                                        • Displays a warning when drawing geometry to another layer than layer0
                                        • New Delete button that moves content to the current layer
                                        • New button to set selection's layer as current layer
                                        • New button to move selection to highlighted layer
                                        • Now supports Podium render
                                        • Option to purge unused groups
                                        • Option to hide the render toolbar
                                        • Option to open Layers Panel when Sketchup starts
                                        • Potential fix for rename bug

                                        http://i.imgur.com/KJOyOXA.png

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                                        • cmeedC Offline
                                          cmeed
                                          last edited by

                                          Hello Again - potential bug....
                                          I opened my work from last night this morning - a popup saying the new version was out - downloaded

                                          • closed layer panel (as nothing had changed) -
                                            -opened Layer panel again - could see there were new features - tried options, from the new pull down - nothing happened
                                          • tried new 'move selection to highlighted area' didn't seem to work
                                            -closed Su
                                            _open SU
                                          • opened layer Panel
                                            -All groups gone 😞
                                            Layers still present

                                          But
                                          'Options' and 'move selection to highlighted layer' now work as expected. and I'm supposing the rest works too

                                          (also when turning off render toolbar there's a big gap at the top.... suggest this render feature goes at the bottom no need to give such high status, you're going to use it for a short period while layers all the time....just a thought)

                                          No Big issue for me on this project as I've finished but you better see if anyone else has had a problem

                                          Keep up the great work - Fantastic plugin has changed my work flow tremendously
                                          -just thought about your 'move to selected layer' how about 'move and rename' mmmmm interesting - you might be stepping on 'rename by layer plugin' toes but maybe you could get together - they work as a great accompaniment

                                          c

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                                          • cmeedC Offline
                                            cmeed
                                            last edited by

                                            updating a scene using a shortcut (in my case 'p')with Layer Panel Open now works - great stuff
                                            Cheers
                                            c

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