Layer Dialog

Working or already implemented things

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The Layers dialog controls all layer functions - adding new layers, renaming, deleting, arranging, toggling visibility and edit-locking, and setting Blend mode and opacity.

Layer Dialog is accessible via:

• Main Menu -> "L_ayer": the Layer Dialog box is opened when clicking on the last option at the bottom of dropdown List "Layers". Also most of the Layer functions are included in this dropdown list:
  • add, duplicate, rename
  • view one layer up/down
  • move selection to layer up/down
  • changing order of layers
  • delete layer
  • Layer Diaolog

• Commands Bar Button: Button "show Layers" opens the Layer Dialog Box

Things in Doing

Things that the developer-Team or the Community are already working on

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for ideas

Suggestions for the Future

Adobe Illustrator

It would be good to consider using sublayers like in Illustartor: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/Adobe_illustrator_10.png --Host-216-229-237-115.public.southern.edu 15:27, 3 October 2005

drag&drop functionality with opened Layer Dialog

simply make a selection, open the layer dialog, drag the desired Layer on the selection and drop -> the selection is added to the desired Layer--Touringlonewulf 11:28, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

additional point in Main Menu drop down

under "move selection up/down" the point: "move selection to layer" -> a new drop down opens, which shows all layers and another point "create new". Now simply clicking in the drop down list on one layer will move the selection to that layer--Touringlonewulf 11:28, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

additional button in Layer Dialog Box

"import bitmap/svg into current layer"

See also

• DocumentLayers
• a goog User guide article on Layers in 0.47 from flossmanuals

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