Sometimes when I group objects, the group becomes a "Control Group."
1.) What is a control group?
2.) Why does a group become a "control group" when I didn't specify it as a control group?
3.) How do I ungroup objects in a "control group?" When I try to ungroup "control group" objects, nothing happens -- all the objects remain as a "control group."
Tks.
drizzy77 said: (Please visit the site to view this file)I've attached a screen shot of the object manager, the object, and the lower left-hand callout. The callout calls it a Control Group (and does not allow me to edit it). The Object Manager thinks it's just a group of simple objects. What's interesting is that, if I copy the "Control Group" using Ctl-C, and then paste it into another Corel page, it is no longer a Control Group, but is a simple group of 3 objects (correct).
(Please visit the site to view this file)I've attached a screen shot of the object manager, the object, and the lower left-hand callout. The callout calls it a Control Group (and does not allow me to edit it). The Object Manager thinks it's just a group of simple objects. What's interesting is that, if I copy the "Control Group" using Ctl-C, and then paste it into another Corel page, it is no longer a Control Group, but is a simple group of 3 objects (correct).
I would guess that it's because one or more dimensions are being controlled by the group.
I drew something similar, with the selected group arranged similarly to yours:
Before adding the dimension, the Status Bar reported that simply as "Group of 3 Objects".
After adding the dimension, the Status Bar reported that group as "Control Group of 3 Objects", and it can no longer be ungrouped.
If I select just the smaller circle on the right, the Status Bar reports it as "Control Ellipse".
After deleting the dimension, the Status Bar report these, respectively, as regular "Group" and "Ellipse" again. The group is now able to be ungrouped.
So, yes - the group has different limitations when a dimension is dependent upon it.
drizzy77 said:I think it's a bug.
That's funny. The first thing that most people said when don't know something it"s "I think it's a bug". Of course, it should be a failure of the program, not a failure of knowledge of the user! Then, other people will repeat that we found another bug, and somebody will ask why Corel doesn't fix the bug. Just because there's not a bug. If you use dimension tool on a group, it will be a "control group". If you use it on a single object it will be a "control object". If you select the dimension only, it will show only the dimension options. And you can select the dimension and choose "break apart" (if you select only the control group or the control object this options was not available) Same happens with other tools, such as the Drop Shadow (you can select the control group or the entire drop shadow, for break apart you should select the entire drop shadow, not the control object or control goup).