2014 icon editor layers issue

I have an issue with layers in the "Icon Editor" in LabView 2014 SP1.
Each time I use the Icon Editor and I save the changes, all layers are merged together also if the property "merge layer on commit" is unchecked.
In the previous releases (2013 SP1, 2011 SP1, ...), I could save the layers separately (not merged).
There is an other property to set the layers saved separately (not merged), or this is an unexpected behaviour?
Asper

PeterFoerster,
thanks for the replay.
Starting from yours note, I started a completely new LV-project and the icon layers work fine!
Definitely, I experience the described issue with all VIs that are been created in LV 2013 SP1 and now are open and saved with LV 2014 SP1.
In the project created with LV 2013 SP1, and now open in LV 2014 SP1, if I create a new VI the the icon layers work fine!
I use LV 2014 SP1 32 bit, English.
Asper

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I have noticed this, too. In fact, it's pretty easy to reproduce.
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Icon Editor Templates

Have there been any changes between LabVIEW 2012 and 2014 in the way the Icon Editor handles the templates?
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Interesting problem, I will add that this happened to me with fresh LabVIEW installs and the change seemed to occur between LabVIEW 2013 SP1 and LabVIEW 2014
I also played around with the transparency and it seems that the transparency will be kept only if it is not within the borders of filled in areas. I made some weird shapes to show what I mean.
Here is the Icon Editor for the VI I made
And here is what it looke like in another VI. I changed the background color to show transparency.
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I was editing a VI in LV 2012 yesterday and modifiying its icon. I came across some odd behavior I would consider a bug.
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Edited again, and found the Visibility was turned on for all the layers when the icon was loaded back into the editor.
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CAR 407147 discussed in this thread was fixed in LabVIEW 2014. For a more complete list of bugs fixed in LabVIEW 2014, check the LabVIEW 2014 Bug Fixes. You can download an evaluation copy of LabVIEW 2014 at http://www.ni.com/trylabview/ or if you have an earlier version of LabVIEW installed and an active SSP subscription, you will be able to download the latest version of LabVIEW through NI Update Service.
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For anyone who is looking for a quick and easy text based vi icon editor I've posted my latest version in the LAVA CR
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[email protected]
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