Layer options

You can control how objects on each layer act and look in the Layer Options submenu in the Layer options  drop-down list at the bottom of the Layers panel.

• Layer Color  You can change the layer's color by clicking Layer Color... in the Layer Options submenu. This will not affect any objects on the layer, but it determines the highlight color you see when selecting an object on the layer. For example, if you have a layer with a lot of red objects, you probably want to change the layer's color to blue or green so that the selection highlights are more distinguishable.
• Layer Render Quality  You can change the display quality for an individual layer by choosing Path, Wireframe, or Preview from the Layer Render Style submenu. Choosing one of these overrides the display quality setting in the View menu. If you choose Default, the layer uses the same display quality as is currently chosen in the View menu. For more information about display quality settings, see Setting Display Quality.
• Layer Frozen  When you select the Frozen option, Expression Design temporarily rasterizes the layer's vector objects (displays them as a bitmapped image) at your document resolution . Freezing a layer has no effect on final printing or exporting but often dramatically reduces the time to display a complex layer on screen. If you find you need to speed up screen redraw, try freezing the layers you won't need to edit for a while. Freezing a layer takes additional memory; you can control the maximum memory that Expression Design will use for each layer with the Frozen layer memory limit option in the Memory and Undo panel of the Options dialog box.
  Note that because blending mode effects rely on the interaction among layers, these effects are often not displayed correctly on frozen layers. Specifically, objects will appear properly blended with other objects on the same layer, but not with objects on other layers. Objects on frozen layers are locked, so you cannot select them.

Tip: It's a good idea to rename your layers with logical names (such as "Text" or "Buttons") so that you can find the objects you need quickly. You can also change the name of a layer by double-clicking the layer name.