How to reset DrawIndex?

[Nader Belal]

Hi everyone,

As we all know, we use Drawindex function to set the order of visibility of any element we script.

My question is, after we use Drawindex function in any part of the script, how do we reset it back to its original state ?

[Barry Kelly · Accepted solution]

As far as I know there is no default value as such.
Once you use it, you just have to keep resetting the value to what you need.

It would be nice if DRAWINDEX 0 could be used to reset back to the default order (figures, fills, lines, text).

Barry.

[Nader Belal]

@BARRY KELLY

Exactly

[Nader Belal]

@Barry Kelly

I just added this as to the wish list CREATE AN OPTION TO RESET DRAWINDEX TO ITS ORIGINAL ORDER

[Barry Kelly]

Excellent.
I have voted.
Thanks.

Barry.

[Peter Baksa]

The relative order (figures, fills, lines, text) still applies to the same drawindex.
You could use drawindex 30 as the default level, and get two layers to draw above/beneath that.

Would it work for your needs?

[Lingwisyer]

Peter wrote:
The relative order (figures, fills, lines, text) still applies to the same drawindex.
You could use drawindex 30 as the default level, and get two layers to draw above/beneath that.

So Drawindex is more like creating folders of predefined layers rather than reorganising layers?

1 - figures, fills, lines, text
2 - figures, fills, lines, text
etc.



Ling.

[Peter Baksa]

Exactly. With some experimentation it looks like an unset drawindex is the same as drawindex 50, but this is undocumented, so it is better not to use drawindex in only half of the script.