bug : deleting a layer

[Big Frank]

xdpx

leftclick on any layer, eg layer a
rightclick on the icons area of any other layer, eg layer n
note that layer n isnt highlighgted, layer a is still selectd
choose delete layer n, check it clearly says delete layer n

watch layer a disappear

confusing at first
you do a double-take wondering how and why
can reproduce it every time

cannot reproduce it in xdp7
rightclick menu is diffenrent

[angelize]

I can repeat this in wdp9 and p&gd9 as well. I'll pass this along to Xara support but in the meantime it works as it should in all versions if you right click away from the icons.

[Big Frank]

if i rightclick over the layer name i get no menu
hence have no option but to rtclick over icons

[angelize]

Ok that I can't repeat. I get a right click menu no matter where I right click along the layer entry. But the menu does change when right clicking over the icons.

[Big Frank]

i just rt-clicked over a layer name and deleted a layer and i got en error

internal program error 3861.k.Ob.ee

[PeteS]

Frank, your original problem has been logged. Thanks for reporting that.

if i rightclick over the layer name i get no menu
hence have no option but to rtclick over icons

i just rt-clicked over a layer name and deleted a layer and i got en error

internal program error 3861.k.Ob.ee

I'm not able to reproduce either of these additional problems either.

Does this only happen in a particular document, or any?

If it only happens in a particular document please either upload it here or send it to Xara Support with step by step instructions on how to reproduce this problem and error.

Many thanks.

[ad1066]

Looks like what happens is that if you right-click on a non-selected layer name, first it automatically selects it, then gives you the menu options (ie: duplicate layer n, delete layer n, etc). But if you right-click on the icons (solo, hide, and lock on the right, as well as the show/collapse arrows on the left) of a non-selected layer, it skips that first step, and just gives you the menu, with options ostensibly geared toward the layer you right-clicked on, but the actions are performed on the layer that was actually selected. So it happens for duplicating or renaming a layer as well as deleting one.

Oddly enough, the cut and copy layer options are labeled correctly, but still not set correctly (If you have Layer 1 selected, and right click the icons for Layer 2, the menu options will say Cut Layer 1 and Copy Layer 1).

-- Ben

[pauland]

Ben, your blog is entertaining and snappy. Power to you.

Paul

(Typed hesitantly on a MacBook..)