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Feature Request: Disable snapping to locked layer

Summary:

Sometimes I will lock a layer and merely use it as a visual aid to design on another layer. Currently, Inkscape will snap to elements in that layer even if that layer is locked.

I would liked to be able to enable/disable snapping to locked layers.

My current work around is to convert that entire layer to a bitmap and delete the original vectors. Yuck!

Steps to reproduce:

  • open Inkscape
  • draw a rectangle
  • lock a rectangle
  • enable snapping
  • try to snap to the locked rectancle

What happened?

The rectangle snaps to the locked rectangle.

What should have happened?

There is a snapping option to enable/disable snapping to locked layers/objects.

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Edited by aperitero
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