Time for action — renaming a layer

The following steps explain how you would rename an existing layer in Inkscape:

  1. Open an Inkscape document from previous exercises.
  2. If your Layer dialog is open, you can right-click any layer and choose Rename Layer. Alternatively, from the main menu, select Layer | Rename Layer....
    Time for action — renaming a layer

    The Rename Layer dialog is displayed.

  3. Type a new name for the layer and click Rename, as shown in the following screenshot:
    Time for action — renaming a layer

What just happened?

We renamed an existing layer in Inkscape to the new name body copy.

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