3.10 Layers3 General Concepts3.8 Zoom and pan3.9 Groups

3.9 Groups

It is often convenient to treat a collection of objects as a single object. This can be achieved by grouping objects. The result is a geometric object, which can be moved, scaled, rotated etc. as a whole. To edit its parts or to move parts of it with respect to others, however, you have to un-group the object, which decomposes it into its component objects. To un-group a group object, select it, bring up the object menu, and select the Ungroup function.

Group objects can be elements of other groups, so you can create a hierarchy of objects.

You can also add a clipping path to a group, which will restrict the drawing of the group to the area inside the clipping path.

Finally, groups allow you to create links to external documents or websites. Bring up the object menu, and use Set link URL. Every top-level group object on a page (that is, an object that is not inside another group) will be turned into an active link if it has a destination URL set.