Editing Group Content

[Rik]

If I have some items that are grouped...

In XDP6, I used to be able to double-click on one part of it and edit the colours etc...
If text was grouped, then you could double-click on the text and edit that.

Well, in XDP7, if you double-click on a part of grouped objects, you are now taken to another page called 'Edit Inside...'

I don't want to be taken to another page because the things I wanted to be able to see at the same time are on the original page.

Is there a way of stopping this annoying 'Edit Inside..' page opening up?
Might be a very good feature for some but I need to stay on the page I am on.

[handrawn]

you could try floating your tabs so you can see them both at once

window > cascade

then

window > arrange views

[Rik]

Thanks for the answer Steve but I would hope that there is actually a way of stopping this.
For me, this is not good at all.

[Soquili]

Rik I cannot find anything in the registry or AppData that would turn off this feature.

[handrawn]

rik try this

with your group unselected - go to the text tool

then ctrl+click on your block of text - is it then editable?

[handrawn]

it looks to me like XDP7 has been modified to mean you can now edit text within a group by ctrl+click, as with other objects

EDIT - mind you saying that, checking back - you could always do that in text tool in XDP6 .....

[Soquili]

Actually text with a group or softgroup can be selected and edited by using the Text Tool without ctrl+click.

[handrawn]

very true doh - grouping text is not something I tend to do - I still adhere to the old 'all text on its own layer[s]' principle wherever possible

Rik has probably gone to bed - and I'm about there myself ......well past 1am here...

[Soquili]

Good night to both of you.

I worked using Zulu (GMT) timezone where ever I was in the world for many years. Still think in Zulu most of the time.

[Rik]

Thanks very much for your input Bill and Steve.

It's being able to select one part of the group that's important for me.

For example, in the attached picture, the two oval shapes were grouped first, then the text was grouped with that and then the bigger outside shape.

It's the CTRL+Click that you've been talking about guys that made me think.
I've always been used to double-clicking to select the part I want (and now you get another 'Edit Inside...' page that I don't want), well, thinking about the CTRL+Click, that actually allows you to select any part, no matter what is grouped with what.

This one thing was annoying me so much and I won't tell you what I was thinking of doing!

So, the 'Edit Inside...' page opening up is not an issue with me any more if I just do CTRL+Click to select what I want.

Thanks once again to the Xperts for helping.