On Mon, January 30, 2017 4:13 pm, Maren Hachmann wrote:
Hi Lars,
I think the easiest way to do this would be to copy the part of the chair you want to edit, then to paste it somewhere in your document where there is no other object, then, when you're done editing, to move it back and delete the original (it's important to insert it back into the correct group, though).
There are other ways, of course:
- you could 'hide' all objects that are not the object you have
selected. I think, though, there is currently no option to hide multiple objects at once with a keyboard shortcut or from the menu, and the . Selecting 'all other objects' is already possible (the 'solo' command in the right-click menu of the objects dialog would probably do exactly what you want, but it does not work - might still need a bug report...).
- you can move the object to another layer, then 'hide' all other layers
using the 'solo' item in the layer's right-click menu (this does work).
- you could copy the object into its own file, then transfer it back.
It would certainly be possible (and very, very easy) to write an extension that hides everything but the selected object. For unhiding, the 'unhide all' item in the Edit menu can be used.
Likely I will try this! My first plugin attempt.
Thanks for the great tips..
Also, is there a way to see a list of all the objects (or sections) and scroll through them... This program here has it (made a screenshot):
http://z505.com/images/svg/svg-object-list.png
Again, not sure what the correct term for it is.. an svg image is composed of several "objects"? Or sections? or elements? or svg's? Or "parts".