# Ability to link brush settings to layers

**URL:** <https://krita-artists.org/t/ability-to-link-brush-settings-to-layers/25448>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [June 22, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/ability-to-link-brush-settings-to-layers/25448 "2021-06-22T18:54:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grum999](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/grum999/32/66488_2.png) [@Grum999](https://krita-artists.org/u/Grum999)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/ability-to-link-brush-settings-to-layers/25448/2 "2021-06-22T19:28:55Z")

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Hi @douglaslassance

No, currently there’s nothing like this.

The closest feature for this is currently provided by plugin [Buli Notes](https://krita-artists.org/t/buli-notes/20504), available only for Krita 5.  
It allows (among others) to store brushes in notes, with quick access to brushes.

Notes are stored inside kra document, but it’s possible to export/import them, so possible to reuse same notes through different documents.

Being able to link brush to a layer is interesting, but unfortunately that’s currently not possible to implement through plugin: API doesn’t provide a way to be informed when active node is changed; you can only ask which node is active.  
And even if it’s possible to ask which node is currently active, I don’t like the idea to poll every X milliseconds for this.  
So currently, it’s not possible to implement.

Grum999

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