Wixel: Managing frames and layers in your design
4 min
In this article
- Using frames and layers
- Grouping elements
- Ungrouping elements
- FAQs
Frames and layers help you keep your creative projects organized and flexible from start to finish. With frames, you can design for multiple formats, like Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn posts, all within a single project.
The Layers panel gives you complete control over every element in your design, making it easy to arrange, lock, or remove parts as you go. This lets you focus on your vision and achieve a polished, professional result every time.
Using frames and layers
Learn how to work with frames and layers efficiently, to help your project stay organized.
- Go to your project in Wixel.
- Click the Layers icon
at the top right. - Choose what you want to do:
Manage frames
next to a frame.Manage layers
Grouping elements
Grouping elements makes it easier to organize your design and move, resize, or edit multiple elements at once. You can group any combination of elements, such as text, images, or shapes. The selected elements become a single group, which appears as a group in the Layers panel.
Note:
This feature is only available on your desktop.
To group elements:
- Go to your project in Wixel.
- Hold the Shift key and select the relevant elements.
- Click Group Elements at the top.
Tip: You can also press Ctrl + G / Cmd + G in your keyboard to group the elements.
Ungrouping elements
Ungroup elements at any time to return to managing elements individually. This doesn't remove the elements from your project, it only breaks apart the group they were in.
To ungroup elements:
- Go to your project in Wixel.
- Select the relevant group and click Ungroup Elements.
Tip: You can also press Ctrl + Shift + G (PC) / Cmd + Shift + G (Mac) in your keyboard to quickly ungroup.
FAQs
Click a question to learn more about layering in Wixel.
Can I change the position of an element as I am working with it?
I can't find an element on my design. Where has it gone?
How do I re-order frames?
