Addition of a shortcut to "Move To Current Layer"

[MEB]

I would like to suggest the addition of a shortcut combination to quickly move an object (or objects if more than one is selected) to the current layer.

In Xara Xtreme 4 the old move button was quick enough, but with version 5 and 6 the different ways available aren´t quick enough, and are a step back in this regard compared to version4.

Miguel

[steve.ledger]

Is selecting object then right-click>>Move to current layer not quick?

[MEB]

Not enough sledger. If your drawing has a lot of layers and objects you have to first click the locate button and then right click the object first to get that menu.
I rely a lot on layer/objects organization and need to move things frequently between layers. Dragging the objects directly to the layer i want is not a quick option either since some times there´s a lot of other objects/layers in between.
So a simple shortcut like Ctrl+m (or something else) would be great and the fastest way.

[handrawn]

you can assign a shortcut [and there is a button] to the new 'paste in active layer' - need to ctrl+c first when using it of course

[MEB]

Thanks for the suggestion handrawn. The problem is that you are creating a duplicate of the object and not really moving it. Of course you can delete the object from the original location afterwards, but that turns the process as slow as the other methods.

[handrawn]

well you could use ctrl+x instead of ctrl+c [cut not copy]?

[actually I was sure I'd said ctrl+x in the first place - must be lack of sleep ]

[MEB]

handrawn,
even if you use Ctrl+x it doesn´t help because the object is placed on the active layer in a different position. It´s like doing a regular cut/paste (not a paste in place). Besides that you would have to use two shortcuts for a move operation: one to cut the object and other to paste in the current active layer (if it could keep the original position of the object).

That´s why i´m suggesting simply selecting the objects from the canvas and hit a single shortcut to move them to the current active layer. There´s nothing quicker than this.

Anyway thanks for your suggestions