The shortcut for Krita's Merge Selected Layers (Ctrl+Shift+E) is currently not reliable. I don't know if this is a DE specific problem, I'm using Gnome 3. The symptom being: if I press Ctrl and Shift first then E, this shortcut does not work at all. It only works when I first press E, then Ctrl and Shift, which will flip my Eraser Mode state as a result. Reproducible: Always
Actually, we really need a button for Merge Selected Layers in the Layers docker. At the current state, there is no way for people to know Krita can even do this (I didn't know it until Scott's book, before that I move layers into groups to merge them) -- as we cannot right click when multiple layers were selected -- which is the only relevant place for that command. I guess that's a Qt restriction? I suggest we remove the "Move in/out Group" buttons and replace them with a "Merge Selected Layers" button. We can drag layers in/out a group anyway, which is the better way to do it. To use Move in/out Group buttons, one must also place the layer next to the group to move in, which is very clumsy and makes little sense.
So I've tested this under Windows and found the actual shortcut for Merge Selected Layers is actually Ctrl+E, which works fine. Same for Linux. When no layer is selected it merges the layer below. Still, my point in Comment 1 stays same.
there's no merge selected layers action any-more though...(not in Krita 3.0 at the least)
Didn't this get fixed when the multi-layer selection actions got improved in 3.0? And did that code already get merged? See also https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359707
Tyson, please check if this still happens with the 3.0 pre-alpha whenever you get the chance?
Hi wolthera, I've tested it in Linux using the Krita 3.0 prealpha2 appimage. I think it has been fixed. Thanks!
Yay!