![]() ![]() To add a link to just some of the words in a paragraph of text, go into the Text Tool and drag over the text you want to link, to select it. You can add links to other pages in your website, to a URL (web address) or even cause a pop-up window to appear. a button or photo), or to some text, so that when a visitor to your site clicks on the object/text, they are redirected to another page. Typically you use this tab to add a link to an object on your web page (eg. Or you can just cut the object, switch to the new layer byĬlicking on its name in the Layer Gallery and pasting.The settings on this tab apply to the selected object(s) or selected text. To move objects from one layer to another, you can either select the objectĪnd use the options under the Arrange menu to move the object to the layer inįront or behind. When you adjust the position of a layer this way, all objects on that layerĪre re-positioned, forwards or backwards, in your drawing. If the arrow is pointing downwards the layer will be placed below the location of the cursor. If the arrow is pointing upwards, the layer will go above the location of the cursor. When you drag a layer's name, the cursor changes to a pointer with a white Most of the rest of the drawing is hidden?įinally, layers can be reordered by dragging the layer's name up or down. See how much easier this makes it to select the street names, now that Gallery shows the 'Street Names' layer is the active layer and that one itĪnd 'type' layer are visible and unlocked. Here is the map with only the street names and type layers visible. Select an individual lot and change the color to indicate the status. Each of the lots is a separate object and so I can easily Because there were a lot of elements, using layers enabled me to work with just a few of the map elements at one time. ![]() I created the map above for a website I manage. All newly drawn objects are always placed on the active layer. It is important to know which layer is the active one when you are working with many You can change theĪctive layer but just clicking on its name in the Layer Gallery. The active layer is indicated by the highlighted name. Move moves a selected object or objects to the currently selected layer. Copy.Ĭopies the contents of the current layer onto a new duplicate layer. You can also rearrange the layers by clicking on their names and dragging them up or down. button creates a new layer which you can name and upon which you can place an object or objects. So to lock all the objects on a layer, just un-check the arrow check box for the Objects on a locked layer cannot be edited, intentionally or accidentally.Įach layer also has individual check boxes to enable and disable editing and for making the entire layer visible or invisible. The two icons in the upper right area, the eye and the arrow pointer, make all layers visible or invisible and lock or unlock all layers. You can also place objects on the Guides layer in which case they become red dashed outlines and have the same 'snap to' properties of guidelines.) By default the Guides layer is shown on top,īut if you prefer to have the guidelines below the objects (as shown above) you can simply drag it below the Layer 1. (If you use guidelines then you'll find a Guides layer too. The above diagram shows Layer 1 is the active layer because its You can create new layers as required and choose which is theĪctive layer. The default layer, Layer 1, is where everything we place on the page Click this icon to open the Layer Gallery or press F10. The Layers Gallery icon is represented on the Gallery Toolbar by the three stacked white rectangles. Objects together and place them on a named layer that's controlled by the When you draw each new object it's placed on top of the previous, so there isĪ type of automatic layering of all drawings. You to focus on a certain part of a drawing without stumbling over, and/or accidentally modifying, objects on the other layers - so if you want to lock objects on the page, then The Layer Gallery lets you make selected layers invisible and non-editable. Named layers are an efficient way to organize a complex drawing and offer many advantages to us untidy users. When I speak of layers, by the way, I am not referring to our feathered friends in Tutorial 1, aka layers (of eggs) - although it is a good example of using layers - but of stacking one object atop another in a series of I suspect that is because, if you are like me, you are not very well organized and only think to use Layers when it is too late to do so. One of the more underused areas in Xara is the The Outsider's Featured Tutorials are selected from a variety of sources including the best tutorials from the impressive archive on The Xara Xone (created by Gary Priester), Guest Tutorials submitted by Xara enthusiasts and new material created by Xara. ![]()
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