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Layering items in an accessible design

Renée Meloche
Renée Meloche
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Available on the following Venngage subscription plans: Premium, Business and Enterprise.

 

Select the visual element (icon, photo, etc.) or text box you want to layer. This will bring up the blue bounding box around the element.

 

 

The Layer menu will appear in the top toolbar.

Use the mouse or keyboard keys to change the layer of the element.

A close-up cropped image of the Layer tool in the top toolbar of the upgraded Editor (Beta), with available controls listed and their keyboard commands next to them, as listed below.

Move to front: CTRL (or CMD) + SHIFT +

Move forward: CTRL (or CMD) +

Move backward: CTRL (or CMD) + <></>

Move to back: CTRL (or CMD) + SHIFT + <></>

Move an element to the front layer

Move an element from the bottom layer to the top so that it appears in front of all other elements.

 
 

Move an element forward a layer

Move an element forward one layer at a time so that it appears between other elements. You can also move it to the absolute top (front) layer with this command.

 

Move an element backward a layer

Move an element backward one layer at a time so that it appears between other elements. You can also move it to the absolute bottom (back) layer with this command.

 
 

Move an element to the back layer

Move an element from the top layer to the bottom so that it appears behind all other elements.

 

 

The feature(s) discussed in this article is available on the following Venngage subscription plans: Free, Premium, Business and Enterprise.

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