On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 4:42 AM, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@...123...> wrote:
You also should have obvious ways to add and delete gradient stops.
You have all the same many ways you use for adding/deleting nodes in Node tool, except for toolbar buttons. Which should be added along with the distance control, but to the toolbar, not any dialog.
As long as you have to use the slider/wheel section of the Fill and Stroke panel to define colors of stops, you have to indicate what that section refers to (a specific stop of a gradient). Only a small step left to include a complete gradient stop section.
Gradient stops on canvas are selectable, so you can apply color to any one or multiple ones easier. No need for a dialog.
The gradient editor can shorten mouse travel tremendously, with stop-selection as close as possible to the color sliders/wheel.
Mouse travel is not everything. If it were so important, we would be designing the entire SVG in a dialog. There are things where spatial placement, alignment, overall effect are more importanrt, which is why we have zoomable and pannable canvas. Gradient stops are exactly this kind of canvas thing, not dialog thing. Just as no one suggests to add/edit nodes on a path via a dialog.