On Jan 2, 2010, at 2:00 PM, bulia byak wrote:
The more we add to it, the clearer it is that all this "Fit" machinery is out of place in this dialog. This is Document Properties dialog where you're supposed to view and adjust properties, but "Fit" is not a property; it's more of a command. If we leave it in this dialog with all these options, please make it an expandable section, with a triangle marker, and move it back to the "Custom size" frame.
Yes, I think you're exactly right.
"Fit page to selection" is really an operation in and of itself. It might warrant a button on the Document Properties page, but...
I think there's a strong argument for making it similar to various raster program who have a "Image Size" or "Resize Canvas" type operation.
From a usability standpoint keeping things overloaded inside the "Document Properties" sounds like more and more of a poor choice. Combine this with the fact that users of most other graphics programs are used to a separate "Image Size" or "Canvas Size" dialog, and I think you're right and we really need to go that route.