I bring this up because it has been driving me nuts for years.
If I mean to draw an item within a group, frequently Inkscape puts it outside the group. Then I try to put it in the group (selecting and dragging), and not infrequently (old hands) I fail and Inkscape puts it below the group. It will then not let me pick the blasted thing up and put it in a group!
I am not particular about how this problem gets solved. I want to draw it within the group, but I won't object to being able to stuff the item down the group's throat in some fashion. (Yeah, it's been driving me nuts for that long.)
Double-click any object in a group to enter that group.
Edit objects as needed.
Double-click on an empty area of the canvas to exit the group.
Objects in groups that are inside groups (nested, or sub-groups) may require multiple double-clicks to "drill down" to the target object, and subsequently, multiple double-clicks on the canvas will be needed to exit all nested groups (or select a different object outside all nested groups).
Beginners' Questions Drawing within a group
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I bring this up because it has been driving me nuts for years.
If I mean to draw an item within a group, frequently Inkscape puts it outside the group. Then I try to put it in the group (selecting and dragging), and not infrequently (old hands) I fail and Inkscape puts it below the group. It will then not let me pick the blasted thing up and put it in a group!
I am not particular about how this problem gets solved. I want to draw it within the group, but I won't object to being able to stuff the item down the group's throat in some fashion. (Yeah, it's been driving me nuts for that long.)
Any suggestions?
Thank you!
Objects in groups that are inside groups (nested, or sub-groups) may require multiple double-clicks to "drill down" to the target object, and subsequently, multiple double-clicks on the canvas will be needed to exit all nested groups (or select a different object outside all nested groups).
The Basic Tutorial in Inkscape's Help menu covers this with a little more detail.
Well, it's taking a bit for me to manage this (old hands again, is my guess), but thank you very much!
You've saved my sanity! (What sanity I have left, that is. . . .)
Right-click menu also has enter/exit any group selected.