Is there a more efficient way of working with Divs in Reflow?

i love concept of tool. there aspect hard work though. if i'm doing sometihng wrong please tell me how right.

 

this typical experience making new objects in reflow.

 

1) drag , drop div container

2) spend time undoing of automatic attributes set div. make 0 out, use auto margins etc.

3) accidently touch nearby div , have attributes messed up, messing other nearby divs in cases

4) spend time undoing attributes got messed up, setting things 0 , auto again.

 

it seems spend 80% of time, trying fix , re-zero divs messed due way have add in or work other nearby divs.  wish desperately hold down shift key or , force attributes come along ride div when drag new position.

 

the tool feels favors drag , drop specific coordinates when i'm trying reorder div in element list (which cannot seems).

 

how want work:

 

1) select existing div

2) go "edit" , add div "before" or "after" selected div.

3) see insertion point placeholder appear selected attributes zeroed out.

4) add attributes, , have attribtues stay until change them, if drag , drop div somewhere else. don't mess entered attributes!

 

is there way these things in reflow? doing wrong?

alan,

 

thanks feedback. in next drop of reflow, add ability use elements panel reorder divs within document. hopefully, make editing divs bit easier.

 

what type of positioning using in layout (generally)? if don't want nearby objects move drag other elements, then, might want use postion:absolute divs found in layout -> advanced tab.

 

with feedback #4, mentioned attributes talking changing? if dragging divs new position, shouldn't margins change depending on element dropped? referring size attributes?

 

thanks,

joan

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