change Layer without mouse

[jorgearone_inssitu]

Very good to everyone
I've been wondering if there might be a lisp that can change my layer (with the keyboard, because with the mouse it's very cumbersome sometimes). It would be like going to the next layer in the list, successively until stopping at the desired layer.
I currently have multiple layers

As I work by filters by property, there would not be many within the same group

But when I have to change the layer, I have to stop everything, look for a button (LAYERS) and look for the layer and click on the desired layer with the mouse.

I think that with the keyboard these processes would be faster

[LyleHardin]

I advise looking at your Home Ribbon bar. There's a whole slew of Layer commands there. You can pick the layer from a single dropdown instead of using the layer manager. Or you can select a layer to make current just by picking on an entity that is on that layer. 

Or, are you wanting to literally go to the next layer in the layer list by type NL (or something) on the keyboard?

[pendean]

So you're just asking for the functionality of LAYWALK command for example? Abbreviate to one or two or three letters if you want and not a fan of any already defined shortcut.

And/or are you aware you can also use LAYMCUR to just select an object to make that layer active too? or too can be abbreviate to something you prefer.

Or any of these other commands' abilities you'd like to abbreviate or "lisp" by chance
https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2023/ENU/index.html?guid=GUID-0583B566-FD44-404D-8F95-5271EE39093...

[Kent1Cooper]

Will something in >this< topic do what you want, or >here< that it links to?

[jorgearone_inssitu]

Yes, I would literally like to go to the next layer with a lisp, because I have created the layers before and some of them don't exist in the plane yet, so I can't select them.

[JBerns]

@jorgearone_inssitu,

Do you want to activate the next layer in the layer list based on the A-Z sort order of the Layer Manager's name column?

Community correct me if I am wrong, but the internal layer table may not be alphabetically stored as shown in the Layer Manager. In fact, you can sort by any of those columns. "Next layer" is subjective.

If "next layer" is based on the name column, then:

• get the layer name list
• sort the list
• get the active layer name
• find its position in the sorted list
• get the next item in the list
• set that item as the active layer

[Kent1Cooper]

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@JBerns wrote:

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Do you want to activate the next layer in the layer list based on the A-Z sort order of the Layer Manager's name column?

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My L> and L< commands linked to in Message 4 sort them alphabetically, but see the blue comment in Message 8 at the second link, if you want them in Layer-creation order.

[komondormrex]

hey,

if you do not mind against compiled codes, you may check this one QA (Quick Layer Assign).