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Title: locked properties pallet
Post by: mire50 on October 10, 2025, 11:39:19 PM
I am writing a book with a lot of images. When I am satisfied with the layout of a page, I lock my text frames and text images.
I must have done something wrong because my properties pallet has been locked for 2 days on all the 320 pages of my book. Does someone have an idea how I can unlock them?
I use Scribus 1.6.4 on a Mac Sequoia 15.6.1.
Thanks a lot
Title: Re: locked properties pallet
Post by: AdmFubar on October 11, 2025, 02:41:46 AM
Confusion about locked pallets notwithstanding... have you selected your document and then select all, and try CTRL-L ? this should unlock everything in the document.
Title: Re: locked properties pallet
Post by: mire50 on October 11, 2025, 08:33:31 AM
Thanks for your answer. But I have tried and failed.
How do you select 1) the document, 2) and then all? Sorry for my ignorance.
Mire
Title: Re: locked properties pallet
Post by: a.l.e on October 11, 2025, 10:56:28 AM
Don't select the whole document.

This would defeat your effort of locking what is ready.

My best bet would be that you have created a layer and that you're not on the correct layer (and, possibly, you have involuntarily created a new layer...)

So, you say that your palettes are locked... but can you select items?
Title: Re: locked properties pallet
Post by: mire50 on October 11, 2025, 11:00:26 AM
I can't select anything on the pallet.
I don't know anything about layers.
Title: Re: locked properties pallet
Post by: Nermander on October 11, 2025, 11:05:18 AM
Then you should look up how layers work and make sure you are working on the layer where the objects are.
Title: Re: locked properties pallet
Post by: utnik on October 11, 2025, 12:06:13 PM
...and you might have locked the layer itself on the 'layers' palette...
Title: Re: locked properties pallet
Post by: prcek on October 11, 2025, 04:05:56 PM
Layers dock can be shown using "Windows->Layers" menu (or by <F6> key)
Title: Re: locked properties pallet
Post by: AdmFubar on October 11, 2025, 09:59:32 PM
Quote from: mire50 on October 11, 2025, 11:00:26 AMI can't select anything on the pallet.
I don't know anything about layers.
What pallet are you talking about? attach a screenshot of scribus showing the file with the issue and the layers window/panel.