GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 392827
Incorrect propagation of properties on grouped objects.
Last modified: 2007-01-05 17:53:29 UTC
Please describe the problem: Dia incorrectly propagates properties among elements of a group of objects. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create two boxes: one with solid border, one with dashed border. 2. Select and group (CTRL+g) them. 3. Right click, select Properties... 4. Set the fill color to red or any other color you want. 5. Click the Apply button and close the Properties dialog. Actual results: Color changes correctly but both boxes obtain the same border style. Expected results: Only color must change, border style should remain the same: one solid and one dashed. Does this happen every time? yes Other information: Note that this is only an example. The same happens also with more complicated objects and shapes, ex. UML-class or ER-entity, which contain text.
This is a long time known limitation of Dia, unfortuanetly a patch fixing all of the issues didn't show up yet. If you happen to have Python installed you could use the work-around implmeneted with PyDia, menu <Diagram>/Dialogs/Group Properties. It works on multiple selected objects (not grouped) but has it's own limitations ... *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 60331 ***