Group, frame and arrange
Group layers, wrap them in a frame, flatten a shape and control which layer sits in front.
Use these tools to treat several layers as one, and to decide what sits in front. Most of them are in the right-click menu, on the canvas and in the Layers panel.
Group layers
Select two or more layers that sit in the same parent, then press Cmd/Ctrl+G. A layer called Group takes the place of the top-most layer you picked. The group fits around its layers, and resizing it scales everything inside.
Press Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+G to Ungroup. The layers return to the group's place. It works on frames too.
Frame selection
Press Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+G, or choose Frame selection, to wrap the layers in a frame sized to fit them. The new frame is called Frame, has no fill and does not clip. Choose Add layout flow (Shift+A) instead to wrap them in a frame that already stacks its contents. See Frames and Layout flow.
With several layers selected, the same three buttons are in Arrange, under Wrap in. Arrange also has Use as mask, Duplicate and Delete.
Flatten
Select one rectangle, ellipse, polygon, star or combined shape and press Cmd/Ctrl+E, or choose Flatten. It becomes one path layer with the same name, look and place, and the shapes it was made from go. Use it when you want to edit the points of a shape. Text, images and frames cannot be flattened. Undo brings the shape back.
Paint order
The layer at the top of the Layers list is in front. Move the selected layers with the right-click menu or the keys:
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Bring to front | Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+] |
| Bring forward | Cmd/Ctrl+] |
| Send backward | Cmd/Ctrl+[ |
| Send to back | Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+[ |
A layer moves only among the layers in its own parent. To move it into another group or frame, drag it in the Layers panel.
The right-click menu
Right-click a layer on the canvas or a row in Layers. With nothing selected the menu offers only Paste and Select all.
| Group | Items |
|---|---|
| Edit | Copy, Cut, Paste, Duplicate, Delete |
| Structure | Group selection, Ungroup, Frame selection, Add layout flow |
| Shapes | Use as mask or Remove mask, Boolean, Flatten |
| Order | Bring to front, Bring forward, Send backward, Send to back |
| Visibility | Hide or Show, Lock or Unlock |
Items that do not apply to the selection are greyed out.
A group has no fill, no stroke and no clipping. If you need any of these, or you want the contents to stack and move as text grows, use a frame.
Try it
On the sale card, select Price and Was Price and press Cmd/Ctrl+G. Drag the group and see them move together. Rename it Price block in Layers, then press Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+G to ungroup. A group does not move out of the way when text above it grows. Layout flow does that.
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Updated 1 Nov 2026