[Scribus] Groups and guides [was: Text frame with single line?]

[Franz Schmid]

Wayne Maeda wrote:
> On Saturday 13 March 2004 01:04 am, ephemeron wrote:
> 
> 
>>On 10. March 2004 at 6:46PM +0100,
>>
>>Craig Bradney <cbradney at zip.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 18:24, Gregory Pittman wrote:
>>>
>>>>Riku Leino (Tsoots) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>ruth moulton wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>the way i read it was that the line would follow the end
>>>>>>of the text frame automatically, so if the frame was moved
>>>>>>the line would automatically can one anchor a line to a
>>>>>>frame ? ruth
>>>>>
>>>>>Grouping those items together will do it. Select both of
>>>>>them, right click and choose group from the pop up menu.
>>>>
>>>>Whoa!  That came in under the radar -- when did we get
>>>>Grouping? (works great, too!)
>>>
>>>Changelog says 10.11.2001 with various updates more recently.
>>>Group/Ungroup appeared in the menu in November 03
>>
>>Having "Snap to guides" on ruins the grouping (cvs of 3-4 days
>>ago).  Is there a way to disable "Snap to guides" for just the
>>members of the group?  That is, have the group as a whole (and
>>not the members of the group) snap to the guides.
> 
> 
> This has been a problem for a while now. Not only "Snap to guides" but "Snap 
> to grid" too. With either of them turned on, they interfere with groups, the 
> moving of multiple selections, import of multi-object svg images, the 
> duplicate(s) command, and the x&y position boxes within geometry of the 
> Properties window, to name a few. It's best to keep both "Snaps" turned off 
> unless you're dealing with single objects for the most part; although moving 
> a single object with the x or y position boxes can be a pain with the "Snaps" 
> turned on, especially if the object is close to a guideline.
> 
> Wayne
It's a known bug, but hard to fix, Align/Distribute is also affected by this.
We will try to fix that as soon as possible.

Best Regards,
Franz Schmid