bulia byak wrote:
On 10/13/07, Donn <donn.ingle@...400...> wrote:
- A way to group objects *across* multiple layers: I wanted to clone my
entire plan which has many layers (one for lights, one for doors, one for walls, etc.) so that I could rotate it to face North-East. I wanted to be able to work within the original group and have the clone reflect the changes in scale, shape and movement I make. But as soon as I group my plan, all the layers snap to one layer.
That's not possible, because groups and layers are XML elements, and XML elements cannot overlap, only nest into one another.
Is this really not possible? For it to be possible group must me something orthogonal to <g /> in SVG. Perhaps it could mean something more like @class attributes as used with CSS. An element in Inkscape could be tagged with one or more classes in an inkscape:class="" attribute. This tagging could be used to better the user experience in a number of ways, like translating objects across multiple layers. Perhaps someday someone will scratch such an itch.
Aaron Spike