# Layers

> Configure layer behavior for drawing, editing, importing, duplicating, and exporting in Sketch.

**URL:** https://www.sketch.com/docs/interface-and-settings/mac-app-settings/layers/ | **Last updated:** 2026-02-06

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The Layers tab controls how layers behave when drawing, editing, importing, duplicating, and exporting content in Sketch.

![An image showing the Layers tab in Settings](https://cdn.sketch.com/docs/interface-and-settings/mac-app-settings/Layers-CH@2x.png)
*The Layers settings panel displaying Pixel Fitting, Drawing, Importing, and Export options*

1. **Pixel Fitting** rounds layers to the nearest whole pixel and ensures they don’t sit on fractional pixels when you draw, move, or resize them.
1. **When Distributing** determines what happens when layers can’t be distributed to full pixels.
1. **New [Text Styles](/docs/symbols-and-styles/text-and-layer-styles/text-styles/)** gives you the option to include text alignment and color as part of the style in new Text Styles.
1. **New [Layer Styles](/docs/symbols-and-styles/text-and-layer-styles/layer-styles/)** gives you the option to include corner radius values when you create a Layer Style. This option is on by default.
1. **Importing** gives you the option to scale down images to fit inside frames and import PDFs as vector paths.
1. **Frame Export** gives you the option to choose how frames are ordered when exporting them as a PDF.
1. **Drawing Layers** locks the proportions of new layers when you hold <kbd>⇧</kbd> while drawing.
1. **Editing Shapes** determines whether clicking on the first or last end point closes an open path.
1. **Duplicating** offsets duplicated layers by 10px, and automatically renames them to keep layer names unique.
1. **Flatten Bitmaps** sets the resolution for flattened bitmap images.