Posted by dxli on Sep 27, 2023; 4:36am
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/select-outline-problem-outline-dissappears-behind-picture-layer-tp5723550p5723553.html

I also found it's a useful feature to allow drawing over an image.

We currently have drawing order support, so it's possible to move the image to the bottom.

For selection, I just pushed a fix to ignore locked layers, when click to select:

https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/commit/cc45a92fd21c424692d1f074e5565fed17d7ff74

The end user can:

1. keep the image to a separate layer, and lock that layer;
2. move the image to drawing order to the bottom;
3. draw over the layer in a separate layer(unlocked, of course).

The change appears to be logical to me. It's probably not a priority to select entities on a locked layer.

dellus wrote

This is a known issue. Always the image is selected instead of the line. Some workarounds:
https://forum.librecad.org/Drawing-Over-an-Image-tp5722128p5722130.html
https://forum.librecad.org/librcad-2-2-image-tp5718640p5718642.html