Linking A Bitmap File by Dragging It from Windows Explorer
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If I drag a bitmap file from Windows Explorer, sometimes it comes as a linked image and sometimes it comes as an embedded image.
For example, this image came as an embedded one, after I restarted VectorStyler and dragged the image into the software for the first time:
I tried to restart VectorStyler and dragged the image into the software again. It came as a linked image. I need a consistency in placing or importing the images as in Adobe Illustrator.
How to make the bitmap files always come as linked images, after we drag them from Windows Explorer?
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@gotanidea If the Alt (Option) key is held, a linked image is added.
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@VectorStyler I held the Alt key when dragging a bitmap file from Windows Explorer, but the icon in Links panel is the embedded one:
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@gotanidea I add this to the backlog, to find out what is the issue.
The File -> Link File command should create linked images.
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@VectorStyler Thanks Admin. In my opinion, it would be better if we follow Adobe Illustrator workflow. Dragging a bitmap file from Windows Explorer into that application will always automatically link the image, without having to hold any key
