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= Changing Layers =
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To change between the available layers, just mouseover the Layers button on the Toolbox. You'll see the three available layers, click to switch to a new layer.

You can also use the keyboard shortcuts:
* {{button|Ctrl}}/{{button|Cmd}}+{{button|M}}: Switch to <span style="font-family:Pictos;">@</span> '''Map/Background''' layer
* {{button|Ctrl}}/{{button|Cmd}}+{{button|O}}: Switch to <span style="font-family:Pictos;">b</span> '''Object/Token''' layer
* {{button|Ctrl}}/{{button|Cmd}}+{{button|K}}: Switch to <span style="font-family:Pictos;">E</span> '''GM Info''' layer

== Moving Objects Between Layers ==

By default, when you create an object (such as by dragging and dropping a [[token]] image or a map onto the tabletop), it's placed on whatever the currently active layer is. Sometimes you may want to move objects between layers, though. To do so, you can right-click on the object, and from the Layers option in the menu that appears, select the new layer to which you would like to move the object.

You can also use the keyboard shortcuts:

* {{button|Ctrl}}/{{button|Cmd}}+{{button|Shift}}+{{button|M}}: Switch to the <span style="font-family:Pictos;">@</span> Maps layer AND move any selected objects to that layer
* {{button|Ctrl}}/{{button|Cmd}}+{{button|Shift}}+{{button|O}}: Switch to the <span style="font-family:Pictos;">b</span> Objects/Tokens layer AND move any selected objects to that layer
* {{button|Ctrl}}/{{button|Cmd}}+{{button|Shift}}+{{button|K}}: Switch to the <span style="font-family:Pictos;">E</span> GM Info layer AND move any selected objects to that layer
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A common use case of this is to move tokens from the <span style="font-family:Pictos;">E</span> GM Info layer (where they are not visible to players) to the <span style="font-family:Pictos;">b</span> Objects layer (where they are) when you want to &quot;reveal&quot; enemies to the players in a surprise attack.