I'm very happy and proud (?) Because I believe I submitted this feature request. And to be honest I never thought it would become real.

Thank you so much! The software that is already amazing just got awesomer(??). ;)


On Oct 25, 2016 9:18 PM, "Brynn" <brynn@...125...3089...> wrote:
Hi Friends,
        I'm just having my first look at the new Objects dialog in
0.92pre2(beta) on Windows 7, 64-bit, sp1 (exe installer).  I was about to
submit a wishlist item on Launchpad, but I think it might be more useful to
have more of a discussion, because there's a good chance I don't understand
all the issues.
        First, thanks developers for this awesome feature.  For the most
part, I LOVE it!!
        I notice that whenever I select an object, (when the Objects dialog
is open), the layer where the object resides is expanded, whether I want to
edit the object or not.  If the selected object is a group, the group is
expanded as well.  So just looking around the canvas at a couple of objects,
the dialog is already scrolling.
        I find it quite confusing with everything expanded.  And this is
still a relatively small file, with 4 layers and 25 to 30 objects.  Of
course I realize the purpose of this new dialog is to help make things less
confusing.  But I just mean the visual appearance is confusing.  I can
understand how this automatic expanding of layers can be helpful.  But how
can Inkscape know why I've selected an object?  For example, when I'm
helping someone in the forum, I'm not planning to edit the file at all -
just look at it.
        I wonder if it would work to make the automatic expanding optional
(in Inkscape Prefs)?  Or, I wonder if there would be any way to make it so
that whenever you select an object in a different layer from the last
selected object, the layer of the last selected object is collapsed, and the
layer of the new selected object is expanded.  Could that work?

        Different from expanding layers, I see the HL column, with all those
tiny red color chips represent the highlight color for the path outline.  If
the user has disabled the path outline, could this column be hidden?

Thanks for comments  :-)
brynn





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