Greetings to a recently quiet list. I have a 5-layer xcf template that I use regularly for making buttons. Every time it opens, the layer next to the bottom is the active layer by default. I do not know if this is true on all images, but it sure is here. Cleaarly it is not random. I want the layer 2 layers up (the text layer) to be the default. I saved it with that layer active but upon the next open the same next-to-the-bottom layer was the active one. Not a big deal, but there must be a way to specify which is the active layer on a frequently used image. I am still on 1.04 (being one of the RH 6.2 people who could never get a newer one to compile successfully), if that makes a difference. Any ideas? -- Thanks! Jim Clark