Description Alex Boyko 2009-06-30 16:55:11 EDT

1. Create a large rectangle geoshape
2. Create a small ellipse geoshape and place it in the middle of the rectangle
3. Select ellipse and then using "Ctrl" button append the large rectangle to the selection.
4. Save the selection to image from the context menu or copy paste the selection into MS Word.

Note that the ellipse doesn't show up on the image. It is overlapped by the rectangle.

Therefore editparts to be exported to image are to be supplied sorted by their z-order on the diagram.

Note that when the whole diagram is exported to image editparts don't need to be sorted (primary editparts are sorted as needed already).

The complication is where to sort the editparts in z-order... on the diagram generator level or before they are passed to the diagram generator, i.e. when ui delegates to image generation utilities.

I'm thinking of sorting them before they are passed to diagram generator to reduce the behavior change impact.