Based on my on experience (I encountered this behavior frequently), this might work as expected (or as implemented): raise / lower seems relative to an overlapping object. If there is no overlapping object, there is nothing to do.
See also the comment following this line: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/view/head:/src/selection-chemistry.cpp#L980
Based on my on experience (I encountered this behavior frequently), this might work as expected (or as implemented): raise / lower seems relative to an overlapping object. If there is no overlapping object, there is nothing to do.
See also the comment following this line: bazaar. launchpad. net/~inkscape. dev/inkscape/ trunk/view/ head:/src/ selection- chemistry. cpp#L980
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