I use the object stacking function a lot, and although Inkscape Object menu shows keyboard shortcut symbols, I can’t find a key combination that works.
To be clear, the Layer shortcuts work fine, I am talking about simply objects where I want to pull one ahead of another, drop one to the bottom, etc.
Anyone know if this can be done? The symbols shown are simply the arrow keys, plain for up and down, and with shift for “to top” or “to bottom”. Obviously, those keys just move the object around in the workspace.
For example I use control-alt-shift H for Hershey text. I can convert to single strokes without touching my mouse.
I have seen a couple of listed shortcuts that didn’t work for me; I assumed it was conflicts between defined shortcuts but never tried to look into it.
Thx. As my Macbook does not have a full-size KB with home and end, page up or down, I had tried the KB combos that work in other apps without success… Glad to see there should be a way, though.
If you can manage a second screen, It is great to have the pop-ups there as they change based on what is happening so you have a much better “situational awareness.”
This is where you can move stuff up and down easily…
You don’t need to do a second screen, you can make it so that those dialogues pop up inside your primary inscape window as a sidebar. I never use the extra windows, the side bar works really well for me.
I went to laptops years ago, but kept the old screen, and later Pam’s brother gave us two more. One of those is a giant TV that would not fit so I use the other. Gimp and Inkscape do well with two screens as it leaves one screen clean for maximum work area, and the other with all the pop-ups open. If one cannot use a second screen, so be it. I was recommending it for those who can.
I try to use my mouse as little as possible. Moving to another screen is never going to be my preference. My screen looks a bit like this when I have the layer dialog open:
I have “converted” two small businesses to Mac, and I trained them on how to use them with little mouse input.
Of course for design, it’s essential but the wonderful, huge trackpad on a Macbook Pro works for 95% of what I do, and I have the “external” larger trackpad plus a Wacom Tablet for when things get serious!
With all that said, I used dual monitors once - back around 15-20 years ago where I needed simultaneous multiple OS’s on one machine (I worked for a division of EMC so we had all the VMWare you can throw a stick at) but after my chiro told me how awful it is on the body to work at a desk, I never looked back.
I used dual monitors until we moved everyone remote. I don’t like the visual disruption of the split and the less than smooth mousing between the two (or three). So I but the bullet and got a 43" monitor and dumped the others. I use PowerToys on Windows and set it up to create 9 “monitor” spaces that I can snap windows to - like Outlook in a 15" monitor sized space in the lower right, Teams chat in the upper left, etc. The defined window spaces aren’t a restriction - I can still create windows and move them and resize them as I want. But they snap my commonly used apps to the places I want and I don’t need to rejigger them every time I reboot.
I do use multiple monitors, in a nice erg setup. I like the idea of one huge one, but when given the opportunity the lack of a defined split made it weirdly harder.
It’s possible PowerToys could fix that, but for now ill stick with what I’ve got
My dad had a 20" laptop which suited him well because he used it on a desk. I had already given up desk/chair by that point, and tried it as I would use my laptop at home and it was simply too cumbrsome.
My late 2013 Macbook Pro only has a 15 inch display. The native resolution is 2880x1800 (and my eyes are good), which is more than enough for me to never had me wishing for more space. Of course, I can create as many “Spaces” (additional desktops) as I want with Mission Control, and swipe between them. I rarely use that unless really deep in a complex project…
I’m not arguing against a dual display, though. As stated earlier, I used to have one, and in the industry I worked in, it wasn’t uncommon to see people with three or more arranged in specialized workstations.
100% yes. i use fancy zones in powertoys to create “zones” to snap windows to. and i have multiple monitors that have different fancy zone setups. So my main (left) monitor has 2/3 of the 4k / 27" screen set up as a working zone on the left, then two smaller stacked windows on the other 1/3 with browser/outlook. then another 4k 27" on the right with a thin tall zone on the left for teams and one large working zone to the right for some monitoring stuff in another browser window. and sometimes i’ll throw an online meeting in that zone if it’s one i’m just monitoring and not participating in so i can work in my primary zone and keep an eye on the meeting over on my right.
