On 3/13/07, Diederik en Rezi <mail@...1689...> wrote:
- Both the 4 points AND the boundingbox (also 4 points) are snapping, as
requested in File -> Document Properties. 2) The origin is set to be at the boundingbox edge, as requested in File -> Inkscape preferences -> Tools -> Selector
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This is what we could do:
- calculate the origin ourselves, instead of obeying the preferences.
Should this option even be removed from the preferences? Why is this option available to the user at all?
I think 1) is the best approach. That transform origin option is indeed very murky and hardly ever useful. It also has other bugs. I never liked it :)
Instead we're going to soon have another preference, similar but more general: whether the user wants to use geometric bbox (path only, no stroke) or visual bbox (with stroke). Correspondingly, the transform origin will _always_ be the edge of the chosen bbox, but the bbox itself may be different depending on user preference. This way those who prefer pure geometric bbox will have it in everything - in the visible frame, in snapping, and in transforms.
Further, perhaps by this change we will also be able to eventually get rid of the "snap bboxes/snap nodes" choice in document prefs. Selector will always snap bbox (although this bbox may be either visual as now, or including only nodes). Node tool will, naturally, always snap only nodes. Less preferences overall and a saner, more predictable experience. What do you think?
So right now, let's remove that transform origin preference, always assuming the origin to be at the bbox (but keeping in mind that soon, bbox calculations may change). Will this fix this bug? Or something else is neeed?