Delete object while locked

[Bartjuan]

Not sure if this is intentional or a bug.

 

Create an object

lock it, either on the objects palette or lock the layer.

 

You cannot select or delete it using the delete function ( good).

but, you can use the Right-Click context menu and delete it that way.

 

Shouldn't the only way to delete some be if it is not in a locked state?

 

bart

[Tech]

Hi Bart,

 

If you are right clicking and choosing Delete, it is assumed that this is what you really want to do.  Is that not a good assumption?

[Bartjuan]

Its a tough call for me.

 

So I am happy to say leave it as is.

 

Honestly, I don't think I ever accidentally deleted something that was locked using the context menu. 

 

Its just an odd exception: there is a tool to prevent you from changing/deleting on object (lock) and another tool to disregard the first one(Context menu delete)

 

In the object palette, if I lock an object, then [context menu, delete] I can un-delete.

 

in the layers palette, I can delete layers/objects[locked] with no warning ( that locked objects are included) and no way to un-delete.

 

I'm not sure what the best answer is it just seemed odd to me.

 

Bart