Hi Andreas, thank you for sharing about your perspective on layers. Coming from Corel for many years, I have often muttered ... things about the need to switch layers all the time in Scribus. We need many layers not least for multi-language documents. I have not found a way to assign keyboard-shortcuts to my most-used layers.
In CorelDraw the user can decide (with just a click) whether he will work multi-layer or one-layer. I actually mostly work in just one layer because it makes selecting more straight-forward in complex documents. But having the multi-layer option is a most useful feature. Locking in Corel is also separate from "activation" and having an extra locking feature is useful for certain users (and will not hinder any other users). In a team-setting the "lock" can also mean that somebody has indeed completed the work on a certain layer (for example all the illustrations or all the headlines are done and checked). I recently discovered the colours of layers (together with outline mode) as a useful way to tell on what layer my team-mates have "hidden" or misplaced certain items (normally we got guidelines what goes where). (In Corel I can click it in multi-layer mode and the status bar will tell me where it is.) I am not sure that I would like items to show their bounding boxes according to layer colour. Normally I know where I am working. And some colours are working ok in outline mode, but would not be so helpful for normal selection purposes. I would be curious what other users think. So if this discussion should evolve into a feature request, I would plead for a "choice of mono-layer and multi-layer" where the multi-layer is defined by active and lock toggles. Andreas, I found a way to select multi layer (for certain wholesale copy and paste needs) by using the Document-Outline window rather than the mouse in the main window. That way I can select entire "lumps" of things that belong together and copy them elsewhere. When pasting, they all end up on a single layer. But I can always beam items upwards or downwards. At least each item is in its proper location. fwiw Martin On 08.01.2014 18:36, Andreas Winkler wrote: > 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 > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > -- ZASKE Martin responsable G?G? BP 50 - Bassila - B?nin tel G?G? 66.66.11.11 tel pers 97.44.62.95
