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How do I drag selected objects without the selection shifting to "top" object?


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This is something that has confounded me since I started VW.

 

Say I have a stack of objects - let's say 6 - that overlap.

I've selected 5 of them (but NOT the top object)

If I try and drag those objects VW ignores my selection and auto selects the top object.

 

 

I seem to run into this often and the only way I've found is to send the offending top object to the back, drag the other object, reselect the offending object, send it back to the front where it belongs.

 

What am I missing?

 

 

Video of it happening just now...

 

 

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That looks like VW's behavior many versions ago.

AFAIK that was fixed at one point.

At least it worked for me.

VW then prioritized the selected object to drag vs re-selecting the mous upper

object like in your video.

 

Did not test in latest VW release though. Did that get corrupt again ?

 

Or do you have any strange settings in Top Bar for the Select/Drag Tool ?

I ask as your cursor indicator looks strange to me.

For me before dragging, I wait for a diagonal cross from to double arrows icon

which shows I can drag vs the resize single double arrow.

 

But you have that strange plus-like icon.

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16 minutes ago, zoomer said:

That looks like VW's behavior many versions ago.

AFAIK that was fixed at one point.

At least it worked for me.

VW then prioritized the selected object to drag vs re-selecting the mous upper

object like in your video.

 

I think this was only changed for coincident linework / edges, not for when the fill of another object is completely in front of the object you're trying to select like in the recording. In fact what I see in the recording matches my expectations of behavior in current builds.

 

@hollister design Studio  – I think the best thing to do in this scenario is to either A) hold to the "B" key to activate X-ray mode before dragging, meaning the cursor will ignore the white fill of the offending object, or B) use the Move By Points tool, first mode, in order to move the geometry since this tool won't change the selection at all.

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