Hi Craig On 23 Jun 2007, at 21:03, Craig Ringer wrote:
> This goes beyond touching frames. In general, ID and Quark tend to > follow the rule "if it's selected, you probably want to interact > with it > not something near it". This means that you can, for example, select a > frame that's under three others, then manipulate it as normal. > > You can't do this in Scribus; you have to always use the modifiers to > say "no, I still want to manipulate the frame I selected not the > top-most one". This is one of the biggest things that slows me down > working in Scribus. > > In general, I think existing selections need stronger priority for > interaction, as if they are on top irrespective of their real stacking > depth. That includes moving, resizing, double-clicks, etc. I've added what I've observed of this to the wiki: http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Discussion:_Scribus_UI/ usability_improvements Perhaps you could expand on this? I'd agree it is a major slow-up in terms of using Scribus. It is unfortunately the main reason why I've been unable to recommend it for widespread adoption across the my organisation. On 'modifiers' it sounds like i have been missing something? is there a key stroke that allows you to get the behaviour I want (ie, to use the already-selected object)? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20070624/d7ccb917/attachment.html
