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The Move Button: Move Objects

This command is used to move objects. This command is redundant, as objects can be moved with a basic button 1 operation. If objects are previously selected, the group will be moved. If no object has been selected, the user is requested to select an object to move. Responding to the prompts, the user points to a reference point, then to a destination point, using either hold and drag, or two clicks. If either the Shift or Ctrl key is held, the angle of translation is constrained to multiples of 45 degrees. The object is moved such that the reference point falls on the destination point. The orientation is altered according to the current transformation.

While in a move operation in physical mode, while the objects are ghost-drawn and attached to the pointer, pressing Enter causes the reference point to shift to the lower left corner of the bounding box containing the objects being moved. Pressing Enter again shifts to the upper left corner, etc. Note that this allows objects that have somehow gotten off grid to be returned to the grid.

It is possible to change the layer of objects during a move operation. During the time that objects are ghost drawn and attached to the mouse pointer, if the current layer is changed, the objects that are attached will be placed on the new layer. Subcells are not affected. If in layer-specific mode, only objects whose layer was the original current layer will be changed to the new layer. If not in layer-specific mode, all new objects will be placed on the new layer, no matter what their original layer. If the current layer is set back to the previous layer before clicking to locate the new objects, no layers will change. Note that layer change is only possible for ``click-click'' mode and not ``press-drag''.

Move operations can be also performed through the command line interface with the !mo command.


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Stephen R. Whiteley 2006-10-23