Command "Remove from a group" does not work

[DerRuhri]

The command "Pop selected objects out of group" in the "Object" menu doesn't work.

How to reproduce:
- Create a Group of two, three objects.
- Select one of the objects within the group. (It doesn't matter whether the object is selected by [CTRL]+Click, the XML Editor or the new Object Viewer)
- Select the command "Pop selected objects out of group".
- Nothing happens.

Applies to:
Inkscape 0.92.3 (17ff0a3, 2018-10-25)
as well as latest nightly:
Inkscape 0.92.3 (2405546, 2018-03-11)

Windows 7 Enterprise German, Service Pack1

I assume it applies to other versions as well, at least under Windows.

Personal note:
I wonder why this command exists at all. The object can be recreated quite easily outside the group using [CTRL]+[C] and [CTRL]+[ALT]+[V] (whereas [CTRL]+[D] would duplicate it _inside_ the group).
And if you really need to move this very object outside the group, the XML-Editor or the Objects pane are equally suited.

A much more needed command would be "Move selected objects _into_ the group". This can not be done so easily using the XML editor, at least if the SVG structure is complicated.

But in any case: if the command stays, it should work.

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

- confirmed on Windows 10, Inkscape 0.92.3 (2405546, 2018-03-11)

It looks like this was introduced in:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/14845

in response to this bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/484041

[TylerDurden (8thrule)]

This is a feature I find handy. It functions properly on Win 8.1 64, Inkscape 0.92.2 (5c3e80d, 2017-08-06).

[DerRuhri (no-ads-please)]

Also not working here on Inkscape 0.92.2 (5c3e80d, 2017-08-06)

Found some machines which still run an older image, where the old Inkscape version was deployed
(Windows 7 Enterprise German as well)

Also confirmed for the latest 0.92+devel (1557ef8, 2018-11-05)

Just for the sake of completeness: it doesn't matter what language (German, English) is selected

[TylerDurden (8thrule)]

Appears to work when the user has navigated into the containing group (via 2Xclick or Objects menu).

Demonstration here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/xuiss6ij8c6r6bo/2018-11-05_23-12-08.gif

Seems to not work if Ctrl-click from outside group or via XML selection.

TD

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

Relevant MR: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/merge_requests/419 (needs some discussion on how to actually fix this issue)

[grey tomorrow (gtomorrow)]

Hi - thanks for reporting this bug, I've manually migrated it to Inkscape's new bug tracker on GitLab, and closed it here.

Please feel free to file new bugs about the issues you're seeing at
http://inkscape.org/report .

Moved to: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/issues/2204
Closed by: https://gitlab.com/greytomorrow