OTB Idea #5: Escape should exit text editing not group edit
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Chuck: The grouping function in Layout leaves a lot to be desired. Let's say I have my entire title block as a group and I want to edit the date. I double click on an element to access the group and then double click the date to edit. I hit escape and it takes me out of the entire group, which means I have to double click the group again if I want to change the page number. Big time waster, especially if you are talking a bunch of pages.
Barry: This, I believe, was a 2.1 Windows only bug. It's gone on 3.0 on my system.
Chuck: I am on a mac, so maybe there is a slight difference there. It seems that if I click outside of an editable object in a group, then it does not close the whole group. But, if I hit escape instead, then it does close the whole group down. To be honest, I have basically scrapped groups as they seem to just add key strokes and clicking to the workflow, with no appreciable benefit since I can keep things separate, and locked with the layers.
Barry: No really, if Sketchucation allows me a Quicktime upload, you'll see: it works in 3.0 on Mac & PC.
Escape.mov
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