feature request - add an option to put new copy always on top

[darthpixel]

would be nice to have an option to place newly created copy of an object always on top no matter if the object was created by copy+paste

or by modified mouse drag

as for now new copy is created over the source

of course i'm not against the existing option i just have never get it as useful

so this could be driven by settings checkbox

[loukash]

1 hour ago, darthpixel said:

to place newly created copy of an object always on top no matter if the object was created by copy+paste

That takes only three keyboard shortcuts:

1. copy
2. deselect all
3. paste

If the object is inside a vector layer hierarchy, you may have to add the Move Outside shortcut though.

1 hour ago, darthpixel said:

by modified mouse drag

The problem here is that there are not many modifiers available.
So it would have to be a global checkbox in Preferences, or – better – one in the Context toolbar.

[darthpixel]

52 minutes ago, loukash said:

That takes only three keyboard shortcuts:

1. copy
2. deselect all
3. paste

If the object is inside a vector layer hierarchy, you may have to add the Move Outside shortcut though.

The problem here is that there are not many modifiers available.
So it would have to be a global checkbox in Preferences, or – better – one in the Context toolbar.

see? we are dealing here with sooo curly things... sooo silly attempts... i think i can say that... so stupid features...

and why for ChS

why the modifiers are sooo eager to grab users attention?

no modifier is necessary in this issue (if it would use another modifier then i take my ticket back)

yes (100 times yes) it have to be global settings. use this or this. no modifiers and no other silly multiple steps to perform.

 

i'm really voting for simplicity

[PaulEC]

8 minutes ago, N.P.M. said:

On the now taken down list made by Ash...

I wonder why it was taken down? Maybe best not to rely too much on anything that was in it!