jackamus Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Is it possible to 'lock' a group so that it cannot be ungrouped accidentally when ungrouping with other grouped objects? Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 10, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 10, 2018 Hi jackamus, No, there's no way to lock a group. You have to be careful with what you select before you ungroup a bunch of objects. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Hi MEB - I don't understand this answer. Why can't a group be locked on the layers panel? Obviously it can still be selected using the layers panel, but it won't be selected using the page/artboard area. Maybe I misunderstand jackamus's question. Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 Understood. This could be a good feature to add to the features list! There is another issue associated with this that I often have to deal with. Lets assume I have a serious of grouped objects which I later resize as a whole group (enlarge). I then make some changes to some of the objects and then want to resize (reduce) back to a size where one of the objects (a circle) needs to go back to its original size. Selecting the Infinity' symbol in the Transformation tab is a very good way proportionally reduce the whole group but I want to re-proportion the whole group back to the original size of the circle object. I would call this resizing 'Conditional resizing according to one object or one group'. This sounds really complicated so if you do not understand it I'm sure you will let me know. Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 Actually this sound right. I could lock the group layer withing a larger set of groups. Without trying it I think this would solve my problem. Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 10, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 10, 2018 If I understood correctly the OP wants to "lock" a group to prevent it from being accidentally ungrouped when unlocking a bunch of groups. If the groups were selected from the Layers panel and you issue an ungroup command all selected groups will be ungrouped - including the locked group - thus my reply above. If the groups are selected from the canvas this is a moot point because locked groups can't be selected on canvas. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 I did just try it and although it locks the group layer I cannot move the group which I would need to. So back to the drawing board! Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 38 minutes ago, jackamus said: Lets assume I have a serious of grouped objects which I later resize as a whole group (enlarge). I then make some changes to some of the objects and then want to resize (reduce) back to a size where one of the objects (a circle) needs to go back to its original size. Selecting the Infinity' symbol in the Transformation tab is a very good way proportionally reduce the whole group but I want to re-proportion the whole group back to the original size of the circle object. I would call this resizing 'Conditional resizing according to one object or one group'. The only way I can think of doing this is to duplicate the circle and colour it red (or whatever) before you do any scaling. Move it to a new base layer and then lock it. Then after you make your changes to the other items, group them andvisually transform them so the old circle fits to the coloured circle. I'm not aware of any software that can do what you want to directly. Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 34 minutes ago, jackamus said: I did just try it and although it locks the group layer I cannot move the group which I would need to. So back to the drawing board! Could you send a screenshot to clarify what you are trying to do? Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 Thanks for that and I'm glad you understood the question. However that is basically what I'm doing at the moment. I draw the circle at its correct size and then move two guides to touch either side of the circle. I then resize the whole group until the grouped circle fits between the guides. Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 (edited) 46 minutes ago, MickRose said: Could you send a screenshot to clarify what you are trying to do? Can you understand this? Edited October 10, 2018 by jackamus Wrong screen shot Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 2 hours ago, jackamus said: s it possible to 'lock' a group so that it cannot be ungrouped accidentally when ungrouping with other grouped objects? It was the above question that I quite understand but maybe previous posts have clarified it. Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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