Help with locked (?) object

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kkg
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Help with locked (?) object

Postby kkg » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:15 am

HI, relative newbie here.

I'm in the middle of a mandala design, but suddenly I have a problem I can't seem to fix. I have a bunch of duplicated circles, that were grouped, but somehow they ended up locked or something, because I can't select the group. I only noticed when I went to group the whole part of the design, and the circles stayed at the bottom of the layer.
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I've tried going to the preferences and unchecking 'ignore locked objects', but it didn't work. I'm not sure what to do...

edit: my 2nd comment is stil in moderation, but hopefully this way is faster?

Anyway, I did end up finding the 'unlock all', and it worked. Thanks though. ;)
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kkg
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Re: Help with locked (?) object

Postby kkg » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:14 am

Actually, after a few hours I went back to Inkscape and messed around.... and found the 'unlock all objects' option. It worked, and I feel a bit stupid, but at least next time I'll know XD

Lazur
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Re: Help with locked (?) object

Postby Lazur » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:37 am

Hi there!

It's hard to tell from that screenshot anything.
If you are in bad luck, those circles got merged to the raster image below.
Not a common issue, that bug was fixed as far as I know, so
maybe they were drawn inside a group of objects before?
Or they are on a locked layer?
Just some guesses.
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hulf2012
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Re: Help with locked (?) object

Postby hulf2012 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:21 pm

Hello.

There is an option called "Unlock All" in the Object Menu. Haven't tried yet?

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