diff --git a/editor/draw.js b/editor/draw.js
index d030b9e9..06391c49 100644
--- a/editor/draw.js
+++ b/editor/draw.js
@@ -363,4 +363,49 @@ svgedit.draw.Drawing.prototype.createLayer = function(name) {
 	return new_layer;
 };
 
+// Function: svgedit.draw.Drawing.getLayerVisibility
+// Returns whether the layer is visible.  If the layer name is not valid, then this function
+// returns false.
+//
+// Parameters:
+// layername - the name of the layer which you want to query.
+//
+// Returns:
+// The visibility state of the layer, or false if the layer name was invalid.
+svgedit.draw.Drawing.prototype.getLayerVisibility = function(layername) {
+	// find the layer
+	var layer = null;
+	for (var i = 0; i < this.getNumLayers(); ++i) {
+		if (this.getLayerName(i) == layername) {
+			layer = this.all_layers[i][1];
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	if (!layer) return false;
+	return (layer.getAttribute('display') != 'none');
+};
+
+// Function: svgedit.draw.Drawing.getLayerOpacity
+// Returns the opacity of the given layer.  If the input name is not a layer, null is returned.
+//
+// Parameters: 
+// layername - name of the layer on which to get the opacity
+//
+// Returns:
+// The opacity value of the given layer.  This will be a value between 0.0 and 1.0, or null
+// if layername is not a valid layer
+svgedit.draw.Drawing.prototype.getLayerOpacity = function(layername) {
+	for (var i = 0; i < this.getNumLayers(); ++i) {
+		if (this.getLayerName(i) == layername) {
+			var g = this.all_layers[i][1];
+			var opacity = g.getAttribute('opacity');
+			if (!opacity) {
+				opacity = '1.0';
+			}
+			return parseFloat(opacity);
+		}
+	}
+	return null;
+};
+
 })();
diff --git a/editor/svgcanvas.js b/editor/svgcanvas.js
index f35f2cd3..d73e7084 100644
--- a/editor/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/editor/svgcanvas.js
@@ -6994,8 +6994,9 @@ this.cloneLayer = function(name) {
 	var layer_title = svgdoc.createElementNS(svgns, "title");
 	layer_title.textContent = name;
 	new_layer.appendChild(layer_title);
-	$(current_drawing.current_layer).after(new_layer);
-	var childs = current_drawing.current_layer.childNodes;
+	var current_layer = getCurrentDrawing().getCurrentLayer();
+	$(current_layer).after(new_layer);
+	var childs = current_layer.childNodes;
 	for(var i = 0; i < childs.length; i++) {
 		var ch = childs[i];
 		if(ch.localName == 'title') continue;
@@ -7160,16 +7161,7 @@ this.setCurrentLayerPosition = function(newpos) {
 // Returns:
 // The visibility state of the layer, or false if the layer name was invalid.
 this.getLayerVisibility = function(layername) {
-	// find the layer
-	var layer = null;
-	for (var i = 0; i < current_drawing.getNumLayers(); ++i) {
-		if (current_drawing.getLayerName(i) == layername) {
-			layer = current_drawing.all_layers[i][1];
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	if (!layer) return false;
-	return (layer.getAttribute("display") != "none");
+	return getCurrentDrawing().getLayerVisibility(layername);
 };
 
 // Function: setLayerVisibility
@@ -7308,18 +7300,7 @@ this.mergeAllLayers = function() {
 // The opacity value of the given layer.  This will be a value between 0.0 and 1.0, or null
 // if layername is not a valid layer
 this.getLayerOpacity = function(layername) {
-	for (var i = 0; i < current_drawing.getNumLayers(); ++i) {
-		if (current_drawing.getLayerName(i) == layername) {
-			var g = current_drawing.all_layers[i][1];
-			var opacity = g.getAttribute("opacity");
-			if (!opacity) {
-				opacity = "1.0";
-			}
-			return parseFloat(opacity);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	return null;
+	return getCurrentDrawing().getLayerOpacity(layername);
 };
 
 // Function: setLayerOpacity
diff --git a/test/draw_test.html b/test/draw_test.html
index 7168f0f2..946db005 100644
--- a/test/draw_test.html
+++ b/test/draw_test.html
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@
 		
 		var drawing = new svgedit.draw.Drawing(svg);
 		setupSvgWith3Layers(svg);
+		drawing.identifyLayers();
 		
 		ok(drawing.createLayer);
 		equals(typeof drawing.createLayer, typeof function(){});
@@ -377,6 +378,34 @@
 		
 		cleanupSvg(svg);
 	});
+	
+	test('Test getLayerVisibility()', function() {
+		expect(5);
+		
+		var drawing = new svgedit.draw.Drawing(svg);
+		setupSvgWith3Layers(svg);
+		drawing.identifyLayers();
+		
+		ok(drawing.getLayerVisibility);
+		equals(typeof drawing.getLayerVisibility, typeof function(){});
+		ok(drawing.getLayerVisibility(LAYER1));
+		ok(drawing.getLayerVisibility(LAYER2));
+		ok(drawing.getLayerVisibility(LAYER3));
+	});
+
+	test('Test getLayerOpacity()', function() {
+		expect(5);
+		
+		var drawing = new svgedit.draw.Drawing(svg);
+		setupSvgWith3Layers(svg);
+		drawing.identifyLayers();
+		
+		ok(drawing.getLayerOpacity);
+		equals(typeof drawing.getLayerOpacity, typeof function(){});
+		ok(drawing.getLayerOpacity(LAYER1) == 1.0);
+		ok(drawing.getLayerOpacity(LAYER2) == 1.0);
+		ok(drawing.getLayerOpacity(LAYER3) == 1.0);
+	});
 
   });
   </script>