Thanks for the answer, and the tip. I will do that now. Cyril
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Hans Breuer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Cyril, > At 07.07.2011 13:30, Cyril SANTUNE wrote: >> >> Hi guys, >> >> When I use align top or bottom, I can "cheat" to align an object B >> with an objet A without move the object A >> >> For example, I want that A and B are align on top. But I don't want to >> move A. So I move B under A to be sure only the object B move when I >> use align top. >> > Yes this is how alignment is implemented. The bounding lines - in your > example the top of the selection bounding box is calculated and used to > align the objects on it. The same algorithm is used for left, right and > bottom alignment. > For middle alignment the reference line is in the middle of the selections > bounding box. >> >> is there any way to do this with align middle ? > > The "cheating" would involve an extra object, which has to define the top > and bottom of the overall bounding box. And it would have to be already > middle aligned with the object you want to have fixed. > >> Can we "lock" an objet to forbid all move ? like an anchor ? >> > Locking an object would need some special marking within a selection and I > can't think of a good (i.e. obvious) user interface reflection of that. > > One way which could allow the user to influence the reference position for > alignment would be the order of selecting objects, e.g. we could define the > very first selected object wont move. But I think that behaviour would be > less obvious or understandable than the current behaviour. > > Reagrds, > Hans > > -------- Hans "at" Breuer "dot" Org ----------- > Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to > get along without it. -- Dilbert > _______________________________________________ > dia-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > _______________________________________________ dia-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
