Finally got time today to play with gradient meshes. First, I'd like
to thank Tav for the amazing work. It's really awesome to see these
make it into Inkscape, regardless of if they actually make it into the
SVG 2 spec. I look forward to using them and showing them off to
others interested in vector editing.

I agree that click+drag should used for selecting nodes. This was
insta-confusing for me as well. And it threw away my gradient on more
than one occasion when I forgot, forcing me to undo and try again. I
think it used to be alt+m to add a mesh gradient... but it doesn't
seem to work anymore. Anyway, that hotkey was fine for a quick-mesh.

There does not seem to be any easy way to select more than one node if
they overlap eachother, like they do at the center and left-hand side
of the conical gradient. I would definitely try to make click-drag
lasso or box select node instead of applying a gradient. Even if we
wanted to use it for adding a gradient, I would expect a linear
gradient to be added rather than mesh gradient, and to be done in
real-time based on the two points (initial click-hold is the first end
of the gradient, and then release to indicate the last point of the
linear gradient).

For the conical gradient, I'd lock all the points that overlap
together, as moving one node from the middle makes it not-so conical
anymore. :) Thus, moving the central node would move the ones under it
too to move the center/tip of the cone, and preserve the cone
shape/effect.

Also, when you apply a mesh gradient fill to a shape, I would
auto-switch to the mesh gradient tool, so the user can see all the
mesh options at the top of the screen.

There does not seem to be a method of adding a node to an arbitrary
position, which forces the user to increase the mesh size to get more
nodes. A double-click should add more mesh-node geometry so the user
can designate a different colour at the position clicked (following
the convention used in linear gradient editing).

That's my first impression anyway. :) Excellent work as always, Tav. I
look forward to seeing it evolve into a staple of vector editing in
Inkscape.

-C

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Jabier Arraiza <jabier.arraiza@...2893...> wrote: