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Objects To New Layer

Objects To New Layer - An Inkscape Extension

Inkscape 1.1 +
▶ Creates a new layer and copies or
transfers the selected objects to
that layer

▶ Appears in 'Extensions>Arrange'

▶ A shortcut can be used to
org.inkscape.inklinea.objects_to_new_layer.noprefs

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10.02.22
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Some updates and corrections for preexisting layer transforms.
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06.10.22
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Added z-order pasting sequence support.
This allows the objects currently selected to be pasted according
to a sequence you choose. For example if you have 3 objects selected:
Typing 1,1,1,2,2,3 would paste 3*object 1, 2*object 2 and 1*object 3 in that z-order.

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16.8 KB
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General Public License v3 (GPLv3)

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mipmip wrote :

This is great. I'll soon write an article where I use this extension to export public domain libraries from Figma to https://svg-stencils.github.io

mipmip wrote :

This extension works a lot faster with inkscape 1.2. Thanks!

inklinea wrote :

Hello mipmip, I've made a slight update to the extension ( only on gitlab ) in response to your merge request. I haven't merged the request - just updated, as I correct a bug which I think achieves the same thing :) Many thanks.

Maren Hachmann wrote :

Isn't it faster to just group objects and convert the group to a layer? Or am I getting something wrong about how this works?

inklinea wrote :

It acts on the current selected objects individually.
So if you select 12 objects it will create 12 new layers, each object has its own layer.
Objects can either be transferred to the new layer (original is moved) or just copied (original remains)

For the z-order a new set of duplicated objects is created according to the user sequence and placed in a new sequence layer.

Maren Hachmann wrote :

Oh, well that's indeed different than what I understood it did. Maybe you should update the description, inklinea!

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