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  1. #1
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    Default Can I get rid of the blue lines?

    When I select a photo, Xara puts blue-and-white dashed lines around it.
    Is there a way to get rid of the dashed lines, and just have the little corner and mid-line boxes showing, like Xara used to do?Click image for larger version. 

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    Author -- 'Drawing for Money' and 'Self-Publishing Secrets', at Jon404.com

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    Default Re: Can I get rid of the blue lines?

    It's an 'improvement' that Xara has added and in my opinion it's a wate of time. I believe there was a registery hack but whether that still works I don't know.
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    Default Re: Can I get rid of the blue lines?

    What happens if you export the mage, does the blue line still show?
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    Default Re: Can I get rid of the blue lines?

    The line you refer to is a bounding box and allows various manipulations of the image.
    Larry a.k.a wizard509

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    Default Re: Can I get rid of the blue lines?

    Hi Jon, hope you are well.

    Yes, changing the registry setting does still work, reverting things back to the previous style selectors.

    I can’t find the original post from Xara who first told us how to do it, but the registry setting you need to find is ‘Options/Selector tool/ShowXCBounds’ and change the value from 1 to 0.
    Jon (Jono) Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 19.0.0.64329 DL x64 May 19 2022

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    Default Re: Can I get rid of the blue lines?

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    Default Re: Can I get rid of the blue lines?

    Thanks HD for finding that link.
    Jon (Jono) Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 19.0.0.64329 DL x64 May 19 2022

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    Default Re: Can I get rid of the blue lines?

    Yes, good one Steve. I looked in that registry section but missed the ShowXCBoundsBlobs option.

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    Default Re: Can I get rid of the blue lines?

    Thanks all! The blue lines are GONE! You know, I was THIS CLOSE to uninstalling Xara and going back to an older version.
    Next, we'll worry about popup ads -- but I'll find that on another thread, I'm sure. Thanks so much for your help!!!
    Author -- 'Drawing for Money' and 'Self-Publishing Secrets', at Jon404.com

 

 

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