Index: trunk/doc/conf/tree/appearance.html
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/conf/tree/appearance.html	(revision 7750)
+++ trunk/doc/conf/tree/appearance.html	(revision 7751)
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@
 <tr><th>node name <th> type <td> flags <td> description
 <tr><td> rat_thickness <td><a href="CFN_COORD.html"> coord </a><td> 0 <td> <rat_thickness>
 <tr><td> mark_size <td><a href="CFN_COORD.html"> coord </a><td> 0 <td> relative marker size
+<tr><td> layer_alpha <td><a href="CFN_REAL.html"> real </a><td> 0 <td> alpha value for layer drawing
+<tr><td> drill_alpha <td><a href="CFN_REAL.html"> real </a><td> 0 <td> alpha value for drill drawing
 </table></body></html>
Index: trunk/doc/conf/tree/editor.html
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/conf/tree/editor.html	(revision 7750)
+++ trunk/doc/conf/tree/editor.html	(revision 7751)
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@
 <tr><td> name_on_pcb <td><a href="CFN_BOOLEAN.html"> boolean </a><td> 0 <td> display Reference Designator as element name, instead of value
 <tr><td> fullscreen <td><a href="CFN_BOOLEAN.html"> boolean </a><td> 0 <td> hide widgets to make more room for the drawing
 <tr><td> route_radius <td><a href="CFN_REAL.html"> real </a><td> 0 <td> temporary: route draw helper's arc radius at corners (factor of the trace thickness)
-<tr><td> layer_alpha <td><a href="CFN_REAL.html"> real </a><td> 0 <td> alpha value for layer drawing
-<tr><td> drill_alpha <td><a href="CFN_REAL.html"> real </a><td> 0 <td> alpha value for drill drawing
 <tr><td> click_time <td><a href="CFN_INTEGER.html"> integer </a><td> 0 <td> default time for click expiration, in ms
 <tr><td> enable_stroke <td><a href="CFN_BOOLEAN.html"> boolean </a><td> 0 <td> Enable libstroke gestures on middle mouse button when non-zero
 <tr><td> live_routing <td><a href="CFN_BOOLEAN.html"> boolean </a><td> 0 <td> autorouter shows tracks in progress
Index: trunk/src/conf_core.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/conf_core.h	(revision 7750)
+++ trunk/src/conf_core.h	(revision 7751)
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@
 		CFT_BOOLEAN name_on_pcb;           /* display Reference Designator as element name, instead of value */
 		CFT_BOOLEAN fullscreen;            /* hide widgets to make more room for the drawing */
 		CFT_REAL route_radius;             /* temporary: route draw helper's arc radius at corners (factor of the trace thickness) */
-		CFT_REAL layer_alpha;              /* alpha value for layer drawing */
-		CFT_REAL drill_alpha;              /* alpha value for drill drawing */
 
 		CFT_INTEGER click_time;            /* default time for click expiration, in ms */
 
@@ -156,6 +154,8 @@
 	const struct appearance {
 		CFT_COORD rat_thickness;
 		CFT_COORD mark_size;               /* relative marker size */
+		CFT_REAL layer_alpha;              /* alpha value for layer drawing */
+		CFT_REAL drill_alpha;              /* alpha value for drill drawing */
 		struct loglevels {
 			CFT_STRING   debug_tag;          /* log style tag of debug messages */
 			CFT_BOOLEAN  debug_popup;        /* whether a debug line should pop up the log window */
Index: trunk/src/pcb-conf.lht
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/pcb-conf.lht	(revision 7750)
+++ trunk/src/pcb-conf.lht	(revision 7751)
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@
 			}
 			undo_warning_size = 1024
 			fullscreen = 0
-			layer_alpha = 0.7
-			drill_alpha = 0.85
 		} # editor
 
 		ha:rc {
@@ -151,6 +149,8 @@
 		ha:appearance {
 			rat_thickness = 0.25 mm
 			mark_size = 50 mil
+			layer_alpha = 0.7
+			drill_alpha = 0.85
 
 			ha:loglevels {
 				debug_tag      = {}
Index: trunk/src_plugins/hid_gtk2_gl/gtkhid-gl.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/hid_gtk2_gl/gtkhid-gl.c	(revision 7750)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/hid_gtk2_gl/gtkhid-gl.c	(revision 7751)
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
 		r = gport->offlimits_color.red / 65535.;
 		g = gport->offlimits_color.green / 65535.;
 		b = gport->offlimits_color.blue / 65535.;
-		a = conf_core.editor.drill_alpha;
+		a = conf_core.appearance.drill_alpha;
 	}
 	else {
 		if (pcb_hid_cache_color(0, gc->colorname, &cval, &cache))
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
 		r = cc->red;
 		g = cc->green;
 		b = cc->blue;
-		a = conf_core.editor.layer_alpha;
+		a = conf_core.appearance.layer_alpha;
 	}
 	if (1) {
 		double maxi, mult;