My request is to add an option to make groups more visually distinct from layers by turning them into folders which will be shorter in height than layers. Currently Krita has 2 ways to visually distinguish a group from a layer. The name (effort required by the user) A small folder icon [2025-12…

I found a simpler workaround to this which is a plugin that automatically labels groups a different color than layers so there’s no need to hide any thumbnails. It highlights newly created groups and existing groups. This is good enough for me so I will mark it as solved [Groups and groups]

Groups are much more closer related to layers than to anything that is a folder. For example: Groups can have filters, masks and blending modes, they have pretty much all the properties of a paint layer except that you can not paint on it directly (and they can’t have FX I think). Personally I rely …

Groups are much more closer related to layers than to anything that is a folder. That was my assumption when I saw that groups are actually called “Group Layers”, but I was unaware of groups having filters, mask, and blending modes applied onto them like layers which is insightful. The aim of my…

How would a user be able to see what the group contains when collapsed and there’s no thumbnail to show the merged preview?

It’s an optional tradeoff: A user won’t be able to see the contents when the group is collapsed, which makes them rely more on its name (and color if the user applied it). But it will save vertical UI space for more layers to visually fit in the Layers docker, make groups styled distinctly, and make…

I could see it fade in and out maybeand cycle between both, might distract some. But i like the docker under cursor plugin, so I wouldnt mind.

Groups are composited separately unless they have passthrough mode active so we need to take that aspect into account. I also agree that group needs to be a bit more highlighted.

I agree with takiro on this one. Groups layer themselves and should have the same display as layers. It is just how krita works. You coyld argue bigger icons but not erasing thumbnails from them. You already have option to block thumbnails i use it. But it is the composition of the layers inside and…

It would make sense to remove the preview for pass-through groups only, because those are just organizational “folders” and don’t have useful content of their own. As far as I can tell, they currently just give you a totally blank preview, which is pretty useless and could be replaced with an icon w…

That would be great if it only applied to pass-through groups, since it would align with their function and not disturb those who use the features of Krita’s group layers. then maybe a plugin could be made or an option that toggles group layer creation to automatically be pass-through groups.

A plugin should be possible, as would be a separate action that you can shortcut to. A setting is a bad idea due to how rarely a pass-through group is useful, it’d serve mostly as a footgun for users that don’t have a firm grasp on how image compositing works. In particular, unlike in Photoshop, cli…