On Mon, 2013-07-08 at 12:31 -0700, Josh Andler wrote:
I tested it a bit. I think it feels odd that with your desire to avoid opening the Align & Distribute dialog that the controls obey the "Relative to" selection there (such as if you choose Page). I would think it should align as if "Selection" was chosen there and then maybe make use of modifiers keys to allow to align to page and such. Otherwise, the control placement is odd imho but I don't have recommendations to improve it that don't involve putting them outside the resize handles.
That's certainly the way I'd changed the code. The align-distribute code is a bit of a haystack, though I thought I'd forced the target to SELECTION when it aligns. Perhaps it obeys those options for the click option, certainly considered a bug.
Some good ideas. The actual appearance is perhaps the most critical part. I was thinking of an align selector hand, basically it would act just like the normal hand tool but with different nodes, One align mode one distribute mode. thoughts?
There's been a few requests for snapping too, but trying to work out how the snapping manager works so I can snap the drag point. The other handle operations do quite a complex dance with the snapping manager and it can't be as complex IMO.
Martin,