Layers selection & visibility – don’t undo, re-do, etc

WD
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William Donelson
Dec 10, 2006
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I would NOT like my layer selections to undo when I go back in the history, unless a layer didn’t exist or some such.

I find it very disconcerting to have my layer selection and/or visibility to change when I undo a few steps.

Any way to stop this?
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Ram
Dec 10, 2006
No, absolutely NOT.

That’s what History does.
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Ram
Dec 10, 2006
You can, however, Save your selection and load it again when it disappears as you go back in time.
WD
William Donelson
Dec 10, 2006
Sorry, I mean "current active layer", not image area selection (as with lasso)

Changing the active layer, or the visibility of a layer does NOT add a step in the history palette, so they are, in effect, "hidden but historical actions"…

Why have them BE historical but NOT APPEAR as historical ?
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Ram
Dec 10, 2006
Then post #2 does not apply, but post #1 certainly does.

History is just that: history. You go back in time to whatever state you had when you click on that history state.
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Ann_Shelbourne
Dec 11, 2006
You go back in time to whatever state you had when you click on that history state>

or paint with the History Brush from that "State".
WD
William Donelson
Dec 11, 2006
Okay, then is there a way to get Layers Activation and Layers VIsibility APPEAR in the History palette?

It only seems fair, as in the current operation, you cannot back up a Layers op without backing up a bitwise op.

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