How to make an image un-selectable in the editor?

Javes

I keep stumbling with the background image in the editor when i wrongly click on it when i am trying to select another actor.
Is there a way to make the background image un-selectable in the editor?

gyroscope

Hi @Javes, unfortunately no; there's no locking of actors or anything like that.

Another way to select an actor is to go into the Inspector > Layers > open the folder and select it there. Double-clicking it will take you to the actor's edit/rules window. (Here, you can also drag actors and drop them in a different place - even a different folder - to change the layer order; but I guess you already know that! :-) )


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@Javes
"I keep stumbling with the background image in the editor when i wrongly click on it when i am trying to select another actor.
Is there a way to make the background image un-selectable in the editor?"

Yeah, the editor is pretty crude compared to page/screen layout tools found in just about every piece of software since the late 1990s, and I too spend half my time wrongly clicking on the background (or even worse if you have a full screen overlay that is always on the top layer).

One solution is to simply drag your background off the page (hold shift down so you drag it off horizontally) - then throw a change attribute action onto the BG that simply says:

Change attribute position X to 512

So every time you hit preview your BG leaps back into position - but it's out of the way while you are editing.

(512 refers to an iPad screen, change this value to suit your layout size)

Javes

Thanks for the help.