Force VS to only allow a specific sublayer shape to be edited?
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Is there a way to tell VS to only allow edits to a particular sublayer? For example, if I have a shape inside a clipping mask that I want to edit with the node editing tool without fear of altering the containing shape - is there a way to do so?
I was thinking the "active shape" option in the layer panel might accomplish this, but it does not seem to.I was also thinking the isolation mode would due the trick, but even in isolation mode, I can still edit the containing shape
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maybe the "Select members of a group..." could be helpful ?
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@Subpath maybe, but the issue mostly happens when I'm using the node editing tool and that is not related to my choice of transform tool options.
I wonder about a right-click on the sublayer option to "isolate sublayer" or something.
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Right now it's a bit frustrating because there's no good way to isolate a sublayer to edit without accidentally editing the containing object or moving it by mistake, etc... I don't know a way to lock an upper layer while keeping a sublayer layer free to edit.
Perhaps the answer could be tied to the request made a while back for the ability to select a layer or sublayer and right click for the extra menu and tell it to "lock all other layers"?
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@Boldline Active shape is something else.
I think this should be an option of the Node tool, whether to allow selection of other shapes, while a shape is already selected.