Working with multiple subfigures in a single layer

[roaldarbol]

Hi there! Thanks for making an amazing extension - I've just discovered it, but I'm sure it'll become a dear companion!

For my current workflow, I prepare all figures for a paper in the same file, but on separate layers. This means that figures containing multiple subfigures have a few groups within them. Currently, it seems that the flattener flattens to the top group, even if I select only select a single subgroup (i.e. all the subfigures become a single group). Is there a way (or could there be) of only doing the deep ungrouping from the chosen group and down?

Thanks!

[burghoff]

Sure, could you give an example? Normally the Flattener should only flatten the selection on down.

[roaldarbol]

Thanks for the super-swift reply! I can upload some photos and provide the information needed, sure. :-) First, here's the figure, with 4 subplots:

It consists of 4 groups within a layer:

When I use the flattener on a single subplot with default options, it completely ungroups to the level above rather than ungrouping within the group:

Hope that makes sense.

[roaldarbol]

Okay, found out it works if I select all the elements within the group. So I guess the question is actually kind of the opposite. How can you choose a group and do the ungrouping of everything within that group?

[burghoff]

I see, you want to preserve the main group while flattening the contents. Currently there's no option to do this. What you said should work. You could also place the whole thing in a trivial group prior to flattening, then flatten the original.

It's something to consider. When adjusting subfigures I usually end up putting subfigures into groups (as Scale Plots can then do all of them at once), but by that point I have typically already flattened everything and do not need to do it again.

[burghoff]

I've also been considering changing the behavior of Scale Plots so that groups are affected by the scaling, which would make flattening optional. (The tradeoff would be that groups would have to be marked as scale-free manually sometimes.)

[roaldarbol]

Ah, I see, thanks.

Yes, perhaps it could check how many groups are selected, and if it's only a single one then flatten inside the group? Would that be possible? That could help for Scale Plot as well, then one could just select the group and scaling would automatically be performed on all the content of the group.

[roaldarbol]

Haha, didn't see your last reply. That would make sense in my mind. I still prefer having things grouped (I sometimes name the groups to more easily find things).