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Tsanka
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10 years ago
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Disable selection of a visual

I am trying to "beautify" some reports by adding rectangles, lines and images. Can I set up these elements not to be selectable by the users? For instance if I place a rectangle as a page frame and i...
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  • Tsanka's avatar
    Tsanka
    10 years ago

    Thanks, Anonymous. I have posted the idea here.

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deldersveld
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10 years ago

You cannot disable selection, but you can use Arrange in the ribbon to send those objects all the way to the back.

  • Tsanka's avatar
    Tsanka
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    10 years ago

    Thanks for the reply, however this is not a solution - you can send the element to back but the user can (incidentally or not) select it and this brings the element to front.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      10 years ago

      Tsanka Yeah, I like your idea, and I agree you should have more control over the shapes as permanent background pieces.

      You can do a couple things now to get "close" to what you want.

      You could make the shape, and have the "top" visual cover it completely. That way the user can't click on it.

      Use the new BackGround color formatting to change the entire page color. (Click on any part of the page (not visual) and click the paintbrush. you may already know about this.

       

      Other than that, submit an idea - I'd vote for it.

      • Tsanka's avatar
        Tsanka
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        10 years ago

        Thanks, Anonymous. I have posted the idea here.

    • kuroshassani's avatar
      kuroshassani
      Regular Visitor
      3 years ago

      You can select your object. Then from the Properties Panel, enable the "Maintain layer order" option.