On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 19:23, Peter Moulder wrote:
Recently, the "Sensitive" item in the Object Properties dialog box was changed to "Lock". Presumably this is for consistency with the corresponding layer operation.
The word `Lock' doesn't communicate very well that one can't even select the objects with the mouse (e.g. to view properties), whereas it wrongly communicates that the objects can't be changed.
Most drawing applications combine both behaviors (unselectable and immutable) into their notion of "lock". We can investigate whether it makes sense to separate them in 0.41, but for now we need to fix the tools etc to treat such objects and layers as immutable, at least as far as the mouse tools are concerned.
I think it's acceptable (and probably expected) for locked objects to be modifiable from dialogs (e.g. object properties or the XML editor), though.
I intend to change the word Lock back to either Sensitive or Insensitive (or Canvas-selectable?) and change the tooltip for the layer padlock icon to mention the word sensitive. Maybe "Make the selected objects insensitive, i.e. prevent the selected objects from being selectable with clicks or drags in the canvas."
Please don't. Users will expect lock rather than insensitive, which is why we renamed it in the first place. Also note that the layer padlock has nothing to do with the selected objects specifically.
-mental