I can't group objects

[boramat]

There is a grouping feature in the PDF-XChange Editor but its not working for me?
you can see in the video

https://youtu.be/lkZHxKqdfyA

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello, boramat

This is because the "grouping" function is not yet implemented; we have not added it to the main toolbars since it is a work in progress. In short, currently it is not expected to work in any capacity. Hopefully it will be working in a future release, but I cannot offer a timeline at the moment.

Kind regards,

[boramat]

I thought about this too, but I wanted to ask because there is a checkbox next to grouping in the features on your site.
I hope it comes soon, important feature
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[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello, boramat

That item pertains to editing multiple selected comments at the same time (as in changing the author, color, etc). When this feature is properly implemented, we will add a "group/ungroup comments" item to the feature list there.

Kind regards,

[RKron]

Hello,

i wanna ask if this feature is already implemented? Because it isn't working in my Version now.

Would be a very important feature.

Thanks in advance

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello RKron,

There is no 'permanent' grouping in the PDF specification, so while you can select several objects in a PDF file and edit their properties as a group - as soon as you deselect them - each is an independent object once again.
So the "group edit" is technically there, but groups as independent and persistent objects are not.

Kind regards,
Stefan

[RKron]

Hy,

any news on that topic?
It would be really helpful to group a few elements to move them as a group or to copy them as a group, flip them as group. It's not really necessary to apply properties to all of them at the same time.

Thanks for answers

RK

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello RKron,

Unfortunately the answer is still that there are no changes in that respect and there's no permanent grouping possible for PDF objects, sorry!

Kind regards,
Stefan

[kaya]

Hi Stefan.
I'd like to know why this capability isn't a priority. Not being able to group objects is a surprise. I work in the AEC industry and saw pdf-xchange recommended, so I bought a license to see if we can replace our company's pdf s/w with it. I can't group, and found that stamp tools with editable text isn't possible, either. I'm not really seeing how this is a decent alternative to bluebeam without one of them.
Spending a lot of time doing javascript isn't an alternative. Please let me know if there's something I'm missing.

[rakunavi]

Hello kaya,

From Daniel's post on this topic, it seems that development is being worked on at the moment with a reasonably high priority. As a user, I guess we will just have to wait and see.

Comment grouping is particularly complex to perform properly, and many PDF applications do not support it, so ensuring we offer it in a way that is stable is a priority. As such, this is taking a much longer time to develop than originally planned, but it is on its way. I cannot offer a timeline, but rest assured, we have seen the large user demand for such a feature, and it is in development.

Best regards,
rakunavi

[Dimitar - PDF-XChange]

Hi,

Indeed our developers are working on these features.

They are not top priority, as our developers are currently working on other important for our products, features.

At the moment, in feature requests list, there are more than 1000 requests, each waiting to be implemented, and each, important for somebody.

I am afraid that you will have to wait a little while for thee features to be implemented.

Regards.