Make the layers panel better

Some gripes/feature requests:
Right-clicking a layer in the layers palette does nothing, which is unforgivable. It should pop up a menu like in Photoshop.
It is also impossible to drag a layer or layers from the layers palette to another document, like you can in Photoshop.
- Paul

Hi,
Click on triangle button of 'More' and choose custom workspace

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