Merge text with background object

I have a world map with many points of interest. It's become crowded, so I thought I'd use a scroll PNG to write a legend in the format of number - location, as to write on the map only the numbers. Problem is, scroll and text are considered separate objects. I need to move the scroll around as to show the map underneath, but when I do, the text stays in place. I would like to find a way to combine them in a single object. I could theoretically write on the file, but if I managed to use the roll20 text it would be so much quicker to update. I also tried to select both scroll and text, and admittedly it works as intended, but there's other stuff on the map underneath that gets dragged around. Is there any way to do this?

Keep the scroll and names on their own page. Capture the graphic and edit the size, transparency, etc, as desired. Then put that on your map. You will be able to move it around as needed. And if you need to add or edit the scroll: go edit it on the original page and just snapshot it again.

When you say "Capture" and "Snapshot" do you actually mean to screenshot the page? I tried to do that, but obviously you can't paste it on roll20 - you'd have to upload it, but at that point it would be quicker to just edit it in PS. Also, even if it worked, I'd end up losing the transparent background and it would look plain ugly. Thanks for trying tho! Really appreciate it.

I might suggest the  Map Pins trick.

You can group objects if you're careful - just don't drag 'em fast, and grouping the text and the legend box/image on the same layer as a group might give you what you want. Click first to select the "group" and then drag.  Select all the objects you want to group Right-click and select "group" from the context menu.  Click off of all of them, then click on the "group" once, then drag. If you click and drag in one motion, it'll grab one of 'em and keep the group, meaning one of them is way out of place. Easily fixed with [Ctrl-Z], but easier to avoid with a click then drag. 

Thanks for the tips. The map pins are very nice, but that's not really what I was going for. I'm gonna go with the grouping Pat suggested, it's the closest to what I wanted to achieve. Thanks again

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Frank D. said: I'm gonna go with the grouping Pat suggested, it's the closest to what I wanted to achieve. Just be aware that "grouping" doesn't seem to function like you'd think it should...if memory serves me, you need to double click the group before you try to move it. Otherwise you'll move one part of the group, leaving the other behind, though they remain grouped.

Nice! It's not what I needed for this particular situation (suffers the same problem in updating) but both the pins and the "document token" are surely tricks I'm gonna use in other instances of the campaign.

Finderski said: Just be aware that "grouping" doesn't seem to function like you'd think it should...if memory serves me, you need to double click the group before you try to move it. Otherwise you'll move one part of the group, leaving the other behind, though they remain grouped. Yes that's exactly what happened xD But like you and Pat said, if you click the group once than it moves around correctly.

That's a tricky thing to learn, but once you've trained your fingers, it really does give you the best of both worlds.