Are there plans to add only show non-default options?
Added as an option to also let people who don’t like to only show non-default not enable it.
(I know this isn’t pretty, but I still think this option is needed.)
In the single-line display of the picture you posted, the default of 100% or normal is also displayed, increasing the text length.
A single-line display doesn’t even require much nesting of layer groups to be directly viewable.
I think this could be improved if the Show only non-default option was added.
As I said before, in the nested multi-layer group, reducing the unnecessary text length, you can easily observe the changes of the layers, and you can not display the unchanged ones.
I have to stress that a lot of isolated use of inherited alpha is required during painting, i.e. using layer groups for isolation.
If you don’t do this, inherit alpha will inherit the alpha of all layers down.
This leaves less room for text to display and makes it difficult to directly view layer names and opacity and blend modes. (When viewing a large number of layers at once.)
In users who are accustomed to using inherited alpha to limit the scope of the painting, as the complexity of the painting content increases, more layer group nesting is also required.
While shorter text lengths don’t solve the problem, it allows more nesting to directly see if layers change opacity and blending modes.
I made this image to help illustrate.