[scribus] Concept of layers

[Andreas Winkler]

I just noticed that in 1.5.0svn there is an additional checkbox for
each layer to enable selecting which does somewhat what I've proposed.
I'm really looking forward to a new production version - this will be
an awesome release!

On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 8:32 PM, john Culleton <John at wexfordpress.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jan 2014 20:24:36 +0100
> Andreas Winkler <and.win82 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I don't see the point in applying belt
>> and braces here. I think that the current
>> implementation that all objects besides these
>> from the selected layer are locked/not
>> selectable by default hinders a good workflow.
>> I'd be interested in which advantages there are
>> with the current implementation as opposed to
>> allow editing all objects from all layers by
>> default.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:48 PM,
>> <ugajin at talktalk.net> wrote:
>> > Belt and braces?
>> >
>> > -a
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Andreas Winkler <and.win82 at gmail.com>
>> > To: Scribus User Mailing List
>> > <scribus at lists.scribus.net> Sent: Wed, 8 Jan
>> > 2014 17:38 Subject: [scribus] Concept of
>> > layers
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > my understanding of layers is that all
>> > objects from all layers should always be
>> > select- and editable regardless of what layer
>> > is selected, unless the corresponding layer
>> > isn't locked. Also, the bounding boxes of
>> > selected objects should have the color of
>> > their layer.
>> >
>> > Scribus allows to select and edit only
>> > objects from the currently selected layer. If
>> > this is intended and not a bug, my question
>> > is why there is a checkbox to lock a layer? I
>> > would be enough just not to select the layers
>> > I want to be locked.
>> >
>> > Best regards
>> > Andreas
>> >
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> In my view one of the virtues of using layers is
> that items not in the current layer may be
> visible but can't be changed. That way the other
> objects can't be changed or moved by accident.
>
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