Hi I work as a technical writer and use Inkscape to modify PDF-files. I been working on a picture and have separeted the layers as : -text, -line objects, -dotted line objects -filled objects This made it simpy to change the color/linewidth for each layer. Just lock all the other layers and select the things on the remaining layer, change color for the objects, unlock the layers, and then carry on working .... When I group together objects from different layers and later ungroup them, all of the objects ends up att the same layer insted of the layer they where before grouping. I would like that the ungrouped object remain on the same layer as it had before grouping similar to the handling of blocks/layers in Autocad. Or is there a other way to work that I might have missed? // Gunnar Lestander ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 16:05 +0200, sm4vlm@...2533... wrote: > Hi > > I work as a technical writer and use Inkscape to modify PDF-files. > I been working on a picture and have separeted the layers as : > -text, > -line objects, > -dotted line objects > -filled objects > > This made it simpy to change the color/linewidth for each layer. Just > lock all the other layers and select the things on the remaining > layer, change color for the objects, unlock the layers, and then carry > on working .... > When I group together objects from different layers and later ungroup > them, all of the objects ends up att the same layer insted of the > layer they where before grouping. > I would like that the ungrouped object remain on the same layer as it > had before grouping similar to the handling of blocks/layers in > Autocad. > Or is there a other way to work that I might have missed? > // Gunnar Lestander

There are no layers in SVG. Layers are simulated by groups, and groups are hierarchical. Layers are the highest level group, all other groups must be contained in them. Grouping objects from different layers means rearranging the groups.

There are two menu commands, Object->Unlock All and Object->Unhide All but there is no corresponding Lock All and Hide All.