On 10/3/07, microUgly <drworm@...1743...> wrote:
Is there an option so when you tweak the colours of a gradient it modifies the current gradient rather than makes a copy then modifies it?
I normally reuse gradients on multiple objects to intentially keep them same for if I decide to change colours.
Unfortunately this workflow is less supported in the new version. Now, gradients are automatically forked if necessary upon any change, so if you change gradient on one object this never affects any other objects. We found that this is a lot more intuitive for users, because in 99% of cases such change of other objects was unexpected and unwanted. This also gets rid of the "Duplicate" button on gradient toolbar whose purpose was pretty difficult to explain to users.
Wanting to use the same gradient on _different_ objects (otherwise you could just use clones) is a valid requirement, of course, but I think it's quite specialized. Perhaps the best way to support it will be via shared styles when we support them.