On Sa, 2004-10-30 at 14:06 -0300, bulia byak wrote:
Why, you can simply assign many objects the same gradient by selecting it in the list in fill&stroke with each of these objects selected. Unfortunately this only works for one object at a time, because when you select several objects it shows "Multiple styles" and you can't select the gradient then. The correct solution will be to change it so that with multiple styles, the list of gradients (but not the node coordinates) would still be available, as it is available for patterns. But this is a lot of work, unlikely to be done for the release, and it will kinda resolve itself anyway when we remove that stupid coordinates widget altogether and make the gradient vector editable on-canvas.
Generally, several objects sharing one gradient is a somewhat dangerous situation. It is possible, but now you have to do it explicitly, assuming you know what you are doing. As opposed to the old behavior where you ended up with this by default, and you had to do something extra (press the "Add" button) to avoid it. I think it's better the way it is now.
Well on the other hand if I select multiple objects maybe you do know what you are doing, when changing to gradient? I mean I actually think you're right that a new gradient should be created everytime you switch to gradient from solid fill. But if you have several objects selected only _one_ gradient should be created and not one for every object. This one gradient would then be editable.