Sending object to a different layer.

[chocky]

Hello, all.

Anyone know of a way to send an object to another layer? If I cut from one layer and paste to another the layer transfer occurs but the object shifts several pixels down and to the right. What am I missing?


...chocky :confused:

[marc]

Hello, all.

Anyone know of a way to send an object to another layer? If I cut from one layer and paste to another the layer transfer occurs but the object shifts several pixels down and to the right. What am I missing?

...chocky :confused:
Yeah, this tripped me up too, and still does sometimes -- it's just not second nature yet...

In the Canvases/Layers Drawer, the layer you are currently editing has a pencil icon, and any layers with selected objects show a selection icon.

To move an object from one layer to another you're actually cutting and pasting it the same relative position on the new canvas:


if you haven't already, create the layer that you want to move the object to;
select the object you want to move - the layer this object is on, will now have the selection icon next to its title in the Drawer;
click on that icon, to make sure that the pencil icon is on the same layer (this indicates the layer you are editing);
cut the object(s);
click to the left of the target layer's title, to move the pencil icon to this layer (i.e. to edit this layer);
paste the object and it will be in the same position as it was on the previous layer.

You do get used to it, but like I said, it's still not really second-nature for me.

[chocky]

Thanks for the reply, Marc.

You are quite correct (and I had been trying that earlier). Every time I tried the resulting paste was shifted a few pixels down and to the right. I just tried it again (after relaunching OmniGraffle) and objects maintain their positions.

Thanks again...


...Glenn

[danpritts]

What the heck is the "move selection to layer" command in the edit menu good for, then?

It always shows up as grayed out for me.