---
id: tiled-layer_count
name: Tiled.layer_count
category: tiled
kind: namespace-method
tokens: Tiled.layer_count
sig: Tiled.layer_count(map) -> int
tip: How many layers the map has.
order: 8
ns: Tiled
member: layer_count
---

Returns the number of layers (tile, object, image and group layers are all counted; a group's children are flattened in after it).