# Layers

The **`Layer` panel** can be found in the top-left corner of the editor.

This panel hosts **canvases** (more [about canvases here](https://docs.rayon.design/documentation/design/broken-reference)), **layers** and **pages** (more [about pages here](https://docs.rayon.design/documentation/design/broken-reference)).

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### What is a layer? <a href="#h_f2ba550f81" id="h_f2ba550f81"></a>

Layers are an **essential tool to organize your drawings.** Layers **contain drawing elements** (geometries, blocks, text, etc) or even layers.&#x20;

Layer allowing controlling a few things:

* **The visibility:** layers can be shown or hidden, which in turn will apply to all their contained elements.
* **The lock behavior**: layers can be locked so that the user cannot select the things hosted on them.
* **The rendering order: the layer list is rendered from top to bottom,** meaning that elements in layers at the top of the list will be placed on the top of your drawing, and layers at the bottom of the list will be rendered at the bottom of your drawing. This list can be reordered at any time.
* **The active layer:** once active, a layer will host all new elements you draw.

All the actions described above can be found in the **`layer`** panel, on any given layer, or in the panel's header...

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Selecting a layer will give you access to its properties, in the **`Properties`** panel. \
A few settings can be edited there...

* Layer **name:** the name the layer carries in the **`layer`** panel.
* Layer **color**: the color that the layer's elements will carry in wireframe mode.
* Layer **parent**: the layer the selected layer is on. *Root* means that the layer has no parent layer.

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### Layers in action <a href="#h_bf0b62c012" id="h_bf0b62c012"></a>

Below, we will review the **different actions that layers enable you to do.**

#### Ordering <a href="#h_05449ba223" id="h_05449ba223"></a>

Layers allow you to determine **the order of things on your canvas.** Changing the order of layers will affect the display order of elements.

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#### Nesting <a href="#h_7809e8cc1a" id="h_7809e8cc1a"></a>

Layers can be **nested into one another.** As any point, a layer can be dragged onto another to turn it into a child of another layer.

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#### Reassigning <a href="#h_cc7b8f847a" id="h_cc7b8f847a"></a>

You can always **change the layer an object is assigned to.** Simply edit the **`Layer`** property in the **`Property`** panel.

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### Tutorial

For more step-by-step information, watch our tutorial about how to use layers in Rayon.

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