cursor has changed and height and width disappeared from tool bar

hello again:

I was placing png files on a page and inadvertently dragged one over another which was easy to fix. now the size and position data is missing from the top toolbar area. the cursor has a plus sign beside it and if I select a photo (either new or existing) it displays two arrows from the center up and from the center to the right. obviously I changed something, but I don't have a clue what it was.

any help greatly appreciated!!


thank you in advance!


ed

What happens if you exit out of Xara and then come back in?

Hi Ed, I'm not 100% certain re your issue. Perhaps a couple of screen-grabs could help. It sounds to me, that as you're getting the two axis handles, you're using the fill tool. However I can't be certain as these fill handles can be toggled on/off within the Selector tool also.

I don't understand the plus sign on your pointer, nor the loss of X & Y co-ords.

I would say you might have switched tools - easy to do if you double click or keystroke at the wrong time - check if you are still in selector tool and not one of the others...

hello egg and gwpriester:

thank you so much for your replies. I even went and did a power down/ power up on the computer with no avail. egg's comment triggered what should have been obvious to me. I simply had to click on the select tool and all is well. I only get to use the program infrequently so I don't stay as current as I would like to.

thank you again!

have a great day (I am now!!)

ed

everyone does this when they are new :) - I'm guessing you were in the fill or photo tool maybe

:) Thanks for the update.