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Dragging custom icon onto canvas creates dup layer

  • May 5, 2026
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Mark E
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I created a layer and dragged a custom icon onto that layer and suddenly there are 2 layers with the same name. I can toggle visibility individually but if I remove one they both get deleted. It's confusing to a user of my template and its weird. 

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Humas1985
Lucid Legend Level 10
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  • Lucid Legend Level 10
  • May 6, 2026

Hi ​@Mark E 

This may be happening because the custom icon is being inserted as a grouped or system-generated element rather than a separate layer object.

  • Even though it appears as two layers with the same name, they may be linked to the same underlying objects, which would explain why deleting one removes both.

A possible workaround is to assign objects to layers through the Layers panel instead of drag-and-drop insertion

Hope this helps !!