So, I've got a line in a specific layer, namely line "linie" in layer "Perspective". (see 4th attachment).
This line should be in another layer instead, namely "Ceiling". So
I select the line with the mouse, (3rd attachment)
I cut out (CTRL-X) the selected line,
select layer "Ceiling"
verify that "Ceiling" is indeed the current layer and that the layer is visible and unlocked (2nd attachment),
paste-in-place (CTRL-ALT-V), and …
where has that line jumped into? A layer called "[root]" that isn't in the layers list and certainly isn't "Ceiling" that was active beforehand? (1wt attachment)
Semantics must have changed somewhere in between the 0.92 release and the 1.2 release. That's what used to work in 0.92.
I'm relying rather heavily on this workflow of selecting a bunch of objects to relocate, cutting them out, making a destination layer current, and paste-in-place-ing them.
Layer > Move Selection to Layer above (tooltip: "Move the selection to the layer above the current layer")
Layer > Move Selection to Layer below (tooltip: "Move the selection to the layer below the current layer")
Layer > Move Selection to Layer … (tooltip: "Move selection to layer");
That'll do … Unbelievable; I've used Inkscape for ages and somehow have never even found these; I've always gone the way of cutting and paste-in-placing for relocating bunches of objects.
So what's the rationale of offering to move objects "to the layer ABOVE" the current layer and offering to move them "to the layer BELOW" the current layer, but not offering to move them INTO the current layer? Why avoid the current layer, of all layers?
So what's the rationale of offering to move objects "to the layer ABOVE" the current layer and offering to move them "to the layer BELOW" the current layer, but not offering to move them INTO the current layer? Why avoid the current layer, of all layers?
Because it makes no sense to move to a layer where it is already? If you want a double of it simply duplicate.
Well, I'm doing my best to get used to this, but it continues and continues to be VERY DISCONCERTING that you select a specific layer and do CTRL-V, and surprisingly the thing that you paste does NOT end up in this layer, but at some unpredictable other location.
Draw a square, and it'll end up in the layer that you've selected.
Add a text, and it'll end up in the layer that you've selected.
Paste a thing, and it'll - sometimes - end up any old where (neither the layer it has originally been copied from, nor the layer that is currently selected), and the layer selection changes to this any old where.
This is a change in workflow certainly, but I'm not sure it should be considered a bug.
Selecting a group in the [Layers and Objects] dialog highlights that group on the canvas. Your next edit will be alongside the group in the same parent layer and not inside the group. In inkscape_1.2 the same logic now applies also to layers. Selecting a layer in the dialog highlights the entire layer group on the canvas, indicating that you are currently working in the parent layer.
Before you paste, [right_click] on the canvas or [esc > esc] to return focus to the canvas, deselect the layer and make it the current layer.
If it is a "breaking change", it is breaking with all layered onscreen composition/editing tools I know (CAD/illustration/presentation/etc.)... after selecting a layer (making it active) all composition activity takes place within the layer.
I had a chance to test this in v.92.2. The behavior is as expected: selecting a layer in the layers dialog and using the paste command, pastes within the layer, not the layer's parent.
Beyond the Basics Release 1.2: Paste into a specific layer?
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So, I've got a line in a specific layer, namely line "linie" in layer "Perspective". (see 4th attachment).
This line should be in another layer instead, namely "Ceiling". So
where has that line jumped into? A layer called "[root]" that isn't in the layers list and certainly isn't "Ceiling" that was active beforehand? (1wt attachment)
Semantics must have changed somewhere in between the 0.92 release and the 1.2 release. That's what used to work in 0.92.
I'm relying rather heavily on this workflow of selecting a bunch of objects to relocate, cutting them out, making a destination layer current, and paste-in-place-ing them.
So what's the new way to achieve this?
Why not select and use "Move to Layer x"?
You mean the following menu items?
That'll do … Unbelievable; I've used Inkscape for ages and somehow have never even found these; I've always gone the way of cutting and paste-in-placing for relocating bunches of objects.
So what's the rationale of offering to move objects "to the layer ABOVE" the current layer and offering to move them "to the layer BELOW" the current layer, but not offering to move them INTO the current layer? Why avoid the current layer, of all layers?
I´d use Select (S) rightclick - move to layer...
Because it makes no sense to move to a layer where it is already? If you want a double of it simply duplicate.
Well, I'm doing my best to get used to this, but it continues and continues to be VERY DISCONCERTING that you select a specific layer and do CTRL-V, and surprisingly the thing that you paste does NOT end up in this layer, but at some unpredictable other location.
It's jarring.
It's a bug: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3527
This is a change in workflow certainly, but I'm not sure it should be considered a bug.
Selecting a group in the [Layers and Objects] dialog highlights that group on the canvas. Your next edit will be alongside the group in the same parent layer and not inside the group. In inkscape_1.2 the same logic now applies also to layers. Selecting a layer in the dialog highlights the entire layer group on the canvas, indicating that you are currently working in the parent layer.
Before you paste, [right_click] on the canvas or [esc > esc] to return focus to the canvas, deselect the layer and make it the current layer.
If it is a "breaking change", it is breaking with all layered onscreen composition/editing tools I know (CAD/illustration/presentation/etc.)... after selecting a layer (making it active) all composition activity takes place within the layer.
I had a chance to test this in v.92.2. The behavior is as expected: selecting a layer in the layers dialog and using the paste command, pastes within the layer, not the layer's parent.