How to put a shape behind another shape in Illustrator?

Greetings,

I just started to follow an Adobe Illustrator tutorial, I have a body shape and created an arm shape. I would like to place it behind the body, how can I achieve that? Thanks indeed for help.

open the layer panel (F7) -> select the arm shape -> drag it below the body shape

ctrl+[ = Back ctrl+]= front

good luck

silenceplease said
open the layer panel (F7) -> select the arm shape -> drag it below the body shape

All my shapes are in 1 layer.

@graphcoder, don’t understand your method.

Click on the object (arm)

then select from the top menu

OBJECT > ARRANGE > SEND TO BACK

there you will see the keystokes for Command [ send backwards, and command ] send forwards

Just think of Firefox

page back COMMAND [

and page forward COMMAND ]

Works for me!

MikesBakery said

silenceplease said
open the layer panel (F7) -> select the arm shape -> drag it below the body shape

All my shapes are in 1 layer.

@graphcoder, don’t understand your method.

ok let me be clear

press “control” key and then press ” [ ” this bracket key to send back and to bring front simply press “control” key and then press ” ] ” this bracket key.

its a shortcut. sorry for not mentioning. i hope i am clear to you now. good luck.

For a visual example:

Thanks a lot for help guys, it worked. Now I have another problem, is there a faster way to choose colors for gradient like in photoshop? (type the code of hexadecimal colors).

When I add a gradient, I have 2 methods of choosing the color: preset colors and some strange color board which is awful to use:

And the second question, when using the line tool. How can I adjust the width like in Photoshop, where you choose the size in pt.

You aac drag a color from swatches onto the color indicater.

Also, option drag a new indicator for more options