Collaboration controls for document sections

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions, which when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• obtaining a selection of a representation of a particular layer of a graphical design of a document, from among a plurality of representations of layers of the graphical design of the document;
• based on the selection of the representation of the particular layer, providing, for display, a permission control panel, the permission control panel including a set of collaborators and a corresponding set of collaboration control selectors, wherein each collaboration control selector enables selection of a collaboration control indicating an edit permission for the corresponding collaborator for the particular layer of the graphical design of the document;
• obtaining a selection, via a first collaboration control selector, indicating a first collaboration control for a first collaborator for the particular layer of the graphical design of the document;
• and
• implementing the first collaboration control in association with the first collaborator for the particular layer of the graphical design of the document such that edits by the first collaborator are allowed when edits are enabled via the first collaboration control and prohibited when edits are disabled via the first collaboration control.

A system comprising:

• a memory component;
• and
• a processing device coupled to the memory component, the processing device to perform operations comprising:
• detecting an input, by a collaborator of a document, in association with a document layer of a graphical design of the document;
• referencing a collaboration control designated for the collaborator in association with the document layer of the graphical design of the document, the collaboration control indicating the collaborator is disabled from providing edits in association with the document layer of the graphical design of the document;
• based on the collaboration control, prohibiting a collaborator-provided edit corresponding with the document layer of the graphical design of the document;
• and
• in accordance with the collaborator being disabled from providing edits in association with the document layer, initiating a new document layer of the graphical design in the document in which the collaborator is enabled to provide edits.