bulia byak wrote:
On 10/21/07, john cliff <john.cliff@...400...> wrote:
Gotta admit that this change confused the heck out of me when I was working with some gradients the other day. The fact that the global opacity slider changes behaviour when a stop is/isnt selected without any discernable indication that its done so is confusing as hell.
Oh come on - why aren't you saying the same about the color controls? They also reflect either object or gradient stop(s) depending on what is selected, and always did. I just changed the opacity to behave the same, for consistency.
First, let me apologize that I just woke up and my brain isn't fully with it yet. ;)
I guess that since I was aware of how it worked when the change was originally committed, it wasn't foreign or strange to me at all and I wouldn't have it any other way. As with so many other things in inkscape, it's selection based and consistent with whatever type of selection you're working with. This is one of the key features that makes gradient editing on canvas as incredibly powerful as it is.
So, that's my .02... it rocks and is consistent with all other selection based controls in inkscape.
And for those who may not use the Opacity widget in the statusbar too much, there are some nice little tricks with it. Middle-clicking the O: label cycles the value to 0, 50, or 100. Also, middle clicking the up and down arrows moves in increments of 10 (so if you have it set at 17 and middle-click the up arrow, it will jump to 27). The only issue I've run into is when you have complex docs like I do, sometimes it jump by 20 instead. ;) And lastly, you can use your mouse scroll wheel on the widget to save some clicking. There may be more, but those are the ones I use all the time.
Since we're talking about gradient editing... is it a bug or feature that snapping to angles with the gradient tool no longer works (when you hold Ctrl and are dragging an end handle). I seriously miss this.
Anyway... a big thank you to Bulia and Johan for making on-canvas gradient editing as easy and efficient as it is.
-Josh