Hi,
I just finished one small UI enhancment - ability to create sublayers by using "Create Layer" dialog (patch http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1447043&gro... ), I find it very usefull while I'm creating maps on Inkscape, but I wonder that other are thinking about it.
Also, I found two very nice SVG features supported by Inkscape rendering engine, but not available in UI - masks and clipPaths. I tried to think of various ways to implement that in UI and there is a suggestion: - Add menu item "Mask from selection" - Menu item invokes a dialog where user can input: - select if he wants to make a mask or clip path, - enter a label, - view box type (none, user space, object bounding box). This also enables view box properties (x, y, width, height) - select if original object should be removed from layer - select if mask is automatically applied to a current layer - Add properties "Mask:" and "Clipping path" to layer properties dialog and let user select from available clipPath/mask elements - Not sure how this should fit into a layer dialog which (as I understand) is currently developed
For a start I will make a prototype for myself without a dialog (mask creation from selection, applying it to a current layer), and if the will be no objections in this list, I will make it with a dialog. So, I'd like to hear that do you think and maybe someone can give me some tips, things not taken into a consideration, etc.
Thanks, Andrius