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Layer focus

On a dense board, showing every layer at full strength makes none of them readable. Layer focus controls what you see.

The Layers drawer: copper layers with F.Cu active, and the technical layers grouped. Silkscreen on, Assembly off, Mask off, Fabrication on
The Layers drawer: copper layers on top with the active one marked, and the technical layers grouped by purpose with per-group switches.
  1. Open Layers

    The Layers group lists every layer with the active one marked.

  2. Pick your view

    All layers, everything, equal. Focus active, the active layer at full strength, the rest dimmed but present. Isolate active, the active layer alone.

Earlier builds used a fixed dim level that couldn’t be changed. The three named modes replaced it, and they also make a screenshot unambiguous about what it shows.