On Sat, 2004-10-16 at 17:31, David Christian Berg wrote:
is there more to layers than just a menu??
I totally don't understand the concept right now. I though layers were supposed to be groups, basically.
Groups are the underlying mechanism, yes.
I've still got a lot of UI work left to do, but basically you can designate certain groups as "layers", in which case the objects within them will be directly selectable, and new objects can be drawn directly within them.
You can temporarily "promote" a group to a layer by right clicking on it and selecting "Edit within group" from the context menu.
We will eventually have a traditional-style layers dialog which shows these groups as well. We do already have a layer selector at the bottom of the window, but it isn't 100% functional yet either.
(I'm working on all this, so be patient)
-mental