Where the hell do I setup my layers

[Sparky_Labs]

This is ridiculous, the manual is out of date and the layers manager is nowhere to be seen.

[Efcis]

To get an appropriate reply, please indicate the version you’re working on. Help / About KiCad / Copy Version Info (and paste it here)

[Sparky_Labs]

Application: Pcbnew
Version: (5.1.6)-1, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.4
libcurl/7.66.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1d (Schannel) zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7 libidn2/2.2.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.1.1) nghttp2/1.39.2
Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
Boost: 1.71.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
Curl: 7.66.0
Compiler: GCC 9.2.0 with C++ ABI 1013

Build settings:
USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
KICAD_SPICE=ON

[Efcis]

In Pcbnew, File / Board setup is probably what you’re looking for.

[der.ule]

or as Efcis mentioned:

[paulvdh]

In addition:
Pcbnew / View / Show Layers Manager

Or the colorful icon in the lower left with the layers

[Sparky_Labs]

thank you yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy