On Apr 22, 2013, at 4:34 PM, Martin Owens wrote:
Hey devs,
I'm going to be making two changes to the UI for symbols.
- Firstly, we move the Symbol to Group and Group to Symbol out of the
Object menu where it's out-of-context and into the symbols UI itself. This means the 'Current Document' symbols will be visible when you add and remove symbols. (I'll also be fixing it so the Symbol to Group works on the symbol selection and not just a use element)
- The second piece is to move the two preferences out of the symbols UI
and into the Inkscape preferences. Edit > Preferences > Interface > Symbols. I'm interested in ideas where best to place these in the existing tree.
Diagram: http://imagebin.org/254989
Please do let me know if you see any problems with the plan.
In general, for #1 I can see having those two commands both in the menu and in the main symbol UI. Some other menu location could be better... but if we're basing them off of actions & verbs then it should be simple to configure into a few places.
For #2, those could belong out of the UI if they are rarely updated. I'm not familiar with the various workflows to say if that would apply in this specific instance.
Ideas?