: How to scroll in the layer menu while grabbing a layer? My layer list is very big and sometimes when I duplicate a layer, I need to move it far away but I have to bring it near the edge

@Kevin459

As far as I know, you can't. The method suggested by Joonas and elaborated by Rachuru is a good option for many cases. When that isn't suitable, here's another option you can try.

Not the ideal solution you're asking for, but an option that can help in situations where you have up to 60 layers in Illustrator or maybe 40 in Photoshop - any more and it'd still be the tedious slow scroll:


Move your layers panel to the top of the list by click-dragging it upwards.
Then use the panel resize utility as you can see in the screenshot, and drag that panel height as far down as it can go.


On my screen I (quickly - could be wrong) count 32 layers that I can drag up and down immediately.

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@Pope1402555

I think it is not possible what exactly you want—scroll with the mousewheel while grabbing something.

You can use these methods for some convience, as @Joonas mentioned in the comments

Using the Arrange command. If you’ve got one or more layers activated, you can choose Layer > Arrange to move them somewhere else in the layer stack. Depending on the location of the layer(s) in the Layers panel, you can choose from these commands:


Bring to Front moves the layer(s) all the way to the top of the layer stack. Keyboard shortcut: ⌘ / Control+Shift-].
Bring Forward moves the layer(s) up one level. Keyboard shortcut: ⌘ / Control+].
Send Backward sends the layer(s) down one level. Keyboard shortcut: ⌘ / Control+[.
Send to Back sends the layer(s) all the way to the bottom of the layer stack (or just above the Background layer, if you’ve got one). Keyboard shortcut: ⌘ / Control+Shift+[.
Reverse. If you’ve got two or more layers activated, this command inverts the stacking order of the active layers. You probably won’t use this command very often, but give it a try just for fun; it can produce some mildly interesting results. (There’s no keyboard shortcut for this one).


Source from
www.inkling.com/read/photoshop-cs6-missing-manual-lesa-snider-1st/chapter-3/layer-basics

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