Re: what is the difference between Send to back and Send backwards ? (and same for front)

[Thimo Langbehn <thimo g4t3 de>]

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On 04/25/10 16:39, Cristian SecarÄ wrote:
> In Options menu there are two pairs of quite the same things:
>
> Send to Back
> Bring to Front
> Send Backwards
> Bring Forwards
>
> What is the difference between the first two and the last two ?

Hi Cristi,

the two operations are not the same if you have more than two Objects.
In short, the one pair is a relative "one step" operation, while the
other is an absolute "to end" operation.

A bit more verbose:
All Objects in a diagram are ordered with respect to covering others
(z-Axis).
Objects more to the front-end are painted over objects behind them
(meaning more to the back-end)

The "Send to Back" and "Send to Front" put objects to the respective
end of the stack, while the other two put the object just one
element in the respective direction.
For clarity, assume the objects A to D to be in the order (front) A
B C D (back).
If you do "Send to Back" to object B, the result will be A C D B.
On the other hand, if you do "Bring Backwards" on B, the result will
be A C B D, meaning C will cover B, but D will not.

Hope this helps,

Thimo Langbehn
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