: How to quickly move one layer to a different group in large Photoshop files, without dragging? Large website design with many, many layers. Need a way to move one element to the new designated

@Alves566

Right click on a layer on your Artboard and you'll see a list of two things:


Layers that are directly under the Cursor
All groups


Now:


Click the layer you want to move.
Right click again and hold Shift while clicking the group you want to move that layer to. Both the layer and the group are now selected
Right click again and at the bottom choose Isolate Layers
Move the layer into the group as you want to
Turn off Isolate


Don't remember when Isolate Group was added so if you're using an older version of Photoshop this might not be available but it works in CreativeCloud

Here's the isolate switch:

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@Cugini998

Not that I'm aware of, but ff you try and keep an organised PSD from when you create it, using groups to do this, you can then use CMD click on the > to open / close all groups. Using this technique, you should be able to move layers around no problem at all.





You can also colour code layers (or a group to code all of the contents too), this can be extremely helpful in files with lots of layers. Right click the layer or group and select the colour you want.





Also don't forget, using smart objects can be pretty useful for keeping files tidy. Right click the layer and click Convert to Smart Object.

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@Speyer780

you could cheat by dragging the layer to a new document, scrolling up in the Layers palette, and then dragging it back into the original document.

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@Courtney577

To make any process easier close groups when you are not actively working with them. Then click and drag a layer while positioning your cursor towards the bottom of the layers panel (to get an automatic scroll).

I'm interested in reading other suggestions since this behaviour can be quite annoying.

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