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Using layer highlight colors

To help distinguish layers, you can assign them different highlight colors. The highlight color affects only the onscreen preview, not the color of objects.

To change a layer's highlight color, do one of the following:

Drag a color from the color box in the Swatches panel or Color Mixer panel to the color box next to the layer name.

Drag a layer color from another layer in the Layers panel.

Note: When using the Swatches panel, ensure it is not docked to the Layers panel.

To change the layer highlight color display:

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Choose Edit > Preferences. Click General.

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Choose how to display highlight colors:

To display selected handles and points in the highlight color, select Smoother Editing. Deselecting this option improves performance.

To display path segments in the highlight color, select both Smoother Editing and Highlight Selected Paths.

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Click OK.