Learn how to create and customize views in Layer, apply filters and sorts, save or share views, and generate shared links or embed code for external collaboration.
Zach Soflin
Friday, October 3, 2025
Create a New View
New views can be created by clicking the arrow next to Select view and + Create a New View as seen below.
You will see options to create any of our 6 different view types, and what the visibility setting will be for each. Visibility settings can be changed later on when you edit your view settings.
Visibility
There are three options for View Visibility:
Default - View shows in all project users' views list and cannot be hidden.
Everyone - Any user in the project can add or hide the view from their views list.
Just Me - Private to only me
Filtering
Individual views can have filtered applied to only show specific elements.
In a view, click on the filter icon in the top right which will open a window that allows for filters to be added
In that window, click on the Add Filter. This will open a blank filter that has an option for what field, the clause, and the value.
Sorting
In a view, click on the sort icon in the top right which will open a window that allows for sorting on elements.
In that window, click on the Add Sort. This will open a blank sort that has the option for what field to sort and sort direction.
Saving
Once you have filters or sorts, you can choose to save the view so they will always have those filters or sorts applied.
Once you have a sort or filter created, there will be an option to save the changes in the top of the view. Clicking on the Save Changes will save the changes to the current view.
If you want to duplicate the view with the applied sorts or filters, you can click the dropdown next to the Save Changes button which will open a menu where you can Save Changes, Save as New which will duplicate the view, or Discard Changes which will remove the applied filters or sorts.
Shared Views
Shared views allow someone without a license to see your data.
To share a view first you need to open the share view dialog which can be done two different ways
This will open a new window which gives you the option to create a link to share, add in emails to send the link to others, or embed the view into other pages like Notion for example.
