Re: How to select a layer?

[Michael Ross <michael e ross gmail com>]

You ARE telling them because they are on this list all the time.  There is a more formal way to do submit an idea using bugzilla, but I have never done that.

This being open source software, you can code the change yourself, or you can try to make a case for a change so someone else will do it.

This being a volunteer effort, you do have to make the case though, because everyone else using Dia and contributing to it, has so far gotten by without what you are asking for (not to be snotty or anything, this just reality).  If they had felt it to be a high priority, they would have already fixed it.

Anyway, I will second you wish.  I have reached for the edge of the layers sidebar many times to try and expand it.

You can run Dia without the integrated work space.  Then it is possible to expand the layers dialog then.

Presumably, since have this desire, you are running Dia with the -integrated switch, try running it without.  See how you like it. the toolbox will come up separate from t he Canvas and ctrl-L gets you a separate layers window that has variable size.

"C:\Program Files\Dia\bin\diaw.exe"

versus

"C:\Program Files\Dia\bin\diaw.exe" -integrated

Mike

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Steve Litt <slitt troubleshooters com> wrote:

Thanks Michael,

Confirmed, Ctrl+L toggles the layer list. As far as I can tell, that
can't be done from the menu. How do I tell the authors of the
documentation about this?

By the way, the layer list isn't wide enough to show both the layer
names and the eyeballs. I can't find any way to change its width. Does
anyone know how to change the width of the layer list?

Thanks again,

SteveT

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On Tue, 2 Apr 2013 19:59:54 -0400
Michael Ross <michael e ross gmail com> wrote:

> Layer school:
>
> ctrl-L = layer control sidebar
>
> + = add a layer
>
> pick on it and it turns blue and it is the active layer.
>
> dbl-clickit and you get to name it
>
> pick on the left side of it and the eyeball shows it all
>
> In between the eye and the name lives or hides the connection points!
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Steve Litt
> <slitt troubleshooters com>wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm using dia-normal 0.97.2 on Xubuntu 12.10, and had this same
> > problem with dia-gnome 0.97.2.
> >
> > How do I select a layer? The help facility in "10.2.2 Selecting
> > Layers" says "A layer is said as being activated when it is
> > selected in the Layers dialog." The trouble is, it doesn't tell me
> > how to get to the Layers dialog. The Dialogs menu option presents
> > only "Python Console". The Layers menu option doesn't contain
> > anything called "Layers" or "Layers dialog", it contains only "Add
> > layer" and "rename layer".
> >
> > I added a layer, and now that layer is permanently selected, and I
> > can't get back to put more stuff in the original layer. Could
> > somebody please tell me how to access the Layers Dialog, or else to
> > select a layer without it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> > Steve Litt                *  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
> > Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance
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> >
> >
>
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