On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Zhenfeng Zhao <zhenfeng.zhao.8@...400...> wrote:
OK, I thought that was a bug/issue, having scaling works slightly differently from other transformations, or not using the rotation center. I agree that they should be consistent and use the rotation center. If I understand correctly, the goals are to (i) allow precisely inputting XY coordinates, and have 9-button widget to assist it, and (ii) have a few fixes so that all transformations will be around the rotation center, which is more consistent.
Exactly.
It sounds like some interesting work to do. I will need some time to be familiar with these parts. I just saw what selector toolbar is. It is the mouse icon
called "tool"
, and its tool bar shows the XY coordinates for the shape. It seems to be the bottom left corner though. Or, it is just my version is not really updated.
weird, it is normally above the canvas
At work before, I recommended some GUI adjustments and designs according to Inkscape's style. That software has too many pop-up dialog boxes. With the tools on the left, and its tool bar in the top, it is much better than having to open and close any input dialogs. :-)
Yes, certainly, being able to do more in the main interface without opening any dialogs is best.
I wonder what kind of UI is needed for rotation center XY coordinates.
Just a couple spinbuttons for X and Y plus a unit selector, defaulting to the document units.