Send to layer below shortcut?

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Neat idea!
Krita uses scripts to automate actions,
I think we can achive this by sequencing action.

I tried scripting this

from krita import Krita
from PyQt5.QtCore import QTimer

app = Krita.instance()
doc = app.activeDocument()
current = doc.activeNode()
topNode = current.parentNode()
#this script merge the current layer below and adds new layer


def addLayer():
    paint_node = doc.createNode("Layer", "paintlayer")

    topNode.addChildNode(paint_node, None) 

app.action("merge_layer").trigger()

#added timer cause when adding new layers it goes to the most bottom instead of top of  merged layer
timer = QTimer()
timer.setInterval(100)  
timer.setSingleShot(True)
timer.timeout.connect(addLayer)

timer.start()

There’s also another way but it uses “Select All” so it will override your current selection if you have one

You can run this script by going to Tools >> Script >> Scripter, copy/paste this and click the play button.
If you want to save this and assign a keyboard shortcut, click the “File” in scripter and save it, then go to Tools >> Scripts >> Ten Scripts, click the “…” button and select your saved script file.
You can assign a shortcut in Keyboard Shortcut settings >> Scripts >> Ten Scripts.

There’s also a cool Docker Plugin for sequencing actions
Actuator

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