Gregory Pittman wrote: > Mike Breiding wrote: >> >> Greetings, >> Is there a way to unlock or lock an entire page or document regardless >> of whether any objects are already locked? >> >> Currently, if I have a page with some, but not all objects locked and >> I select all the objects and drop the context menu, the "Is Locked" is >> checked. If I then un-check it it does not unlock all the objects. >> If, while all objects are still selected I then choose "Is Locked" all >> objects are not locked. >> >> I get the same behavior when I select the entire document. >> >> Is there a way to have locked objects visible other than selecting them? >> something like a: "Show locked frames" option?
> There may be different opinions on this. In general, I think the devs > would say (not being one of them myself) that there have to be > limitations set on how many particular ways of slicing and dicing a > document need to be available. At some point it just gets confusing, and > also can lead to a never-ending request list for yet another way to > tweak a document. Yes, the "fiddle factor" is endless. Just, wanted to verify if I wan missing something or not. > > As you note, these things are not possible in the way you are trying. > OTOH, you can certainly bring up the layers dialog (F6), and lock entire > layers, and make them visible or hidden. You can continue working with > this dialog still available. As usual, I missed the F6/Layers dialog. Is each object considered a layer? > As far as finding locked objects, as you > should note, the frame has a different appearance when an object is > locked, so visually you can instantly see this. The different appearance is only when the object is selected. I thought it would be handy see all locked objects without having to go through and select each one. Thanks, -Mike
