Hi, Found myself trying to slice-up a page and realised that I can't select the rects that are 'invisible'. I make them alpha 0% so they won't show, but then I can't select them.
I followed HeathenX's tut on youtube, doing everything the same way, but he selects the hidden rects click-click no problem, I can't do that on my end.
Is there some trick to this?
\d
Donn,
I just tried this. From what I can see, and I don't understand why, it looks like you can only select a zero alpha object by "grabbing" at the bounding box. Move your cursor slowly across the screen. When it changes from the normal point to the cross/directional/move cursor, that's your cue that you've found the bounding box.
Hope that helps,
Aaron
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Donn <donn.ingle@...155...> wrote:
Hi, Found myself trying to slice-up a page and realised that I can't select the rects that are 'invisible'. I make them alpha 0% so they won't show, but then I can't select them.
I followed HeathenX's tut on youtube, doing everything the same way, but he selects the hidden rects click-click no problem, I can't do that on my end.
Is there some trick to this?
\d
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On Tuesday, 05 August 2008 07:48:27 Aaron Elmquist wrote:
I don't understand why, it looks like you can only select a zero alpha object by "grabbing" at the bounding box.
Don't work at all for me, the cursor simply does not change :(
But... If I view in outline mode, then I can select (and see) them fine, so that's a work-around.
Thx. \d
Glad you found something that worked for you.
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Donn <donn.ingle@...155...> wrote:
On Tuesday, 05 August 2008 07:48:27 Aaron Elmquist wrote:
I don't understand why, it looks like you can only select a zero alpha object by "grabbing" at the bounding box.
Don't work at all for me, the cursor simply does not change :(
But... If I view in outline mode, then I can select (and see) them fine, so that's a work-around.
Thx. \d
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Donn wrote the following on 8/5/2008 1:59 AM:
On Tuesday, 05 August 2008 07:48:27 Aaron Elmquist wrote:
I don't understand why, it looks like you can only select a zero alpha object by "grabbing" at the bounding box.
Don't work at all for me, the cursor simply does not change :(
But... If I view in outline mode, then I can select (and see) them fine, so that's a work-around.
Thx. \d
They changed the behavior in v0.46. There were rather long discussions on Launchpad (bug 196453) regarding this issue as well as the InkscapeForum. The work around that I have been using is not making the transparent items 0% transparent. Instead I have been using 1%. In my tests the difference between 0 and 1 is unnoticeable.
Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/196453
InkscapeForum http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1184
heathenx
My slicing workflow is this:
1. Add a new layer "Slices" 2. Set the layer opacity to 40% 3. Create the rectangles I want for the slices (giving them a 'yellow tango' color makes em more fun to work with) 4. Select the rectangle I want to export, and hide the layer (Shift+Ctrl+L to show the layer dialogue) 5. Export!
This way you keep your slices on top of the whole site mockup, and it makes things easier.
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:24 PM, heathenx <heathenx@...155...> wrote:
Donn wrote the following on 8/5/2008 1:59 AM:
On Tuesday, 05 August 2008 07:48:27 Aaron Elmquist wrote:
I don't understand why, it looks like you can only select a zero alpha object by "grabbing" at the bounding box.
Don't work at all for me, the cursor simply does not change :(
But... If I view in outline mode, then I can select (and see) them fine, so that's a work-around.
Thx. \d
They changed the behavior in v0.46. There were rather long discussions on Launchpad (bug 196453) regarding this issue as well as the InkscapeForum. The work around that I have been using is not making the transparent items 0% transparent. Instead I have been using 1%. In my tests the difference between 0 and 1 is unnoticeable.
Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/196453
InkscapeForum http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1184
heathenx
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This is exactly what I do! Then you don't have to fight with the invisible rectangles when you're working with the rest of the art! (besides websites, I also often do this to save a "cropped" version of printed materials with a bleed edge)
JF
Panos Laganakos wrote:
My slicing workflow is this:
- Add a new layer "Slices"
- Set the layer opacity to 40%
- Create the rectangles I want for the slices (giving them a 'yellow
tango' color makes em more fun to work with) 4. Select the rectangle I want to export, and hide the layer (Shift+Ctrl+L to show the layer dialogue) 5. Export!
This way you keep your slices on top of the whole site mockup, and it makes things easier.
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:24 PM, heathenx <heathenx@...155...> wrote:
Donn wrote the following on 8/5/2008 1:59 AM:
On Tuesday, 05 August 2008 07:48:27 Aaron Elmquist wrote:
I don't understand why, it looks like you can only select a zero alpha object by "grabbing" at the bounding box.
Don't work at all for me, the cursor simply does not change :(
But... If I view in outline mode, then I can select (and see) them fine, so that's a work-around.
Thx. \d
They changed the behavior in v0.46. There were rather long discussions on Launchpad (bug 196453) regarding this issue as well as the InkscapeForum. The work around that I have been using is not making the transparent items 0% transparent. Instead I have been using 1%. In my tests the difference between 0 and 1 is unnoticeable.
Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/196453
InkscapeForum http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1184
heathenx
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