On 2007-April-14 , at 01:21 , Andy Fitzsimon wrote:
okay ive used this for a few days now.
I think i'm in love . reigon slection is better for many objects within a awkward selection imo . but touch is the best method for me since i only work with a reduced number of element groups .
I am in love too! I am trying the new engraving mode of the calligraphy tool and with all these paths very close to each other, scribble selection is a must (I think I understand why bulia came with this great idea just after introducing engraving in the calligraphy tool!... but well I do not read minds so I may as well be mistaking)
one problem i have is when i use a shape as the background image but want to select only the objexts ontop/within it . reigon is still better.
This annoys me too but in fact the problem is the same with rectangle selection if you need to start selecting inside your background shape. My solutions are: - move the background shape to a separate layer and lock it - lock the object itself (right clic > object properties > lock) but then beware it is currently difficult to unlock if you close the object properties window because you cannot select your object directly anymore. The workaround is to deselect "Ignore locked objects" in Inkscape preferences > Selecting and then you can tab through your objects to select you background object to edit it (Tab starts selecting objects from the bottom so it is usually quite quick). Or you can use the xml editor of course.
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