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Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 12:16:12 -0800
From: Girvin Herr <girvin DOT herr AT sbcglobal DOT net>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Ellipses in gschem?
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On 02/28/2015 09:00 AM, Vladimir Zhbanov wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:33:40AM -0800, Girvin Herr wrote:
> ...
>> Also, I use arrows and lines to point to components in an assembly drawing.
>> If the arrows and lines are placed before the drawing is inserted, the
>> arrows and lines are under the drawing and hidden by the inserted drawing.
>> I cannot see any way to "Bring to front" or "Move to back", etc., any gschem
>> objects, as in LibreOffice Draw for example, in order to push the drawing
>> back behind the arrows and lines.  But then this is not a requirement of
>> gschem.  I just remember to insert the drawing first and then create the
>> arrows and lines over the drawing.  That seems to work well.
> Girvin,
> The only working way I know to move to back in gschem is as follows:
>    - select all using Ctrl-a
>    - deselect the object(s) you want to move to back using
>      Ctrl+left-mouse-click
>    - Ctrl-x (cut to clipboard)
>    - Ctrl-v (paste from clipboard)
> Accordingly, the two last actions are the way to bring objects to front.
> If your drawing is complex, it may be helpful to make a separate symbol
> for it.
>
> Cheers,
>    Vladimir
>
Vladimir,
Thanks for the tip.  I will try this the next time I need to bring an 
object(s) to the front.
Girvin