* Inkscape now features a complete support for flowed text:
o Creation of flowed text is simple. Just drag anywhere on canvas (except over an existing text object) using the Text tool to create a rectangular frame. After you release mouse, the frame is created and you can type text into it.
o Resizing a frame is as simple as dragging the handle in the bottom right corner to change its width or height. Drag with Ctrl to restrict resizing to horizontal or vertical. Such resizing can be done by Text tool, Node tool, or any shape tool; however, only Text tool also highlights the frame border when a flowed text is selected.
o Transforming a flowed text is straightforward. It is selected as a single object including both the frame and the text, and can be moved, scaled, rotated etc.
* Dragging with the Text tool creates a regular flowed text object whose frame is internal (does not appear as a standalone object on canvas) and rectangular. You can, however, create a different kind of flowed text: linked flowed text that can use as its frame any existing shape, including non-rectangular ones. It can also use a chain of frames, with the text flowing from one frame to the next one in chain.
o To create a linked flowed text, select a text object and one or more shapes or paths, then use the Flow into Frame command (Alt+W) in the Text menu. When two or more shapes or paths were selected, they become a chain of frames for this flowed text.
o A linked flowed text is in some ways similar to a clone. It will reflow when the frame is changed, but it is a separate object that can be moved away and transformed independently from its frame. As with a clone, when a linked flowed text is selected, you can use Shift+D in Selector to jump to its first frame (this is useful if the frame is invisible or locked).
o Statusbar description of a selected object will identify regular text, flowed text, and linked flowed text as different kinds of objects.
* Full on-canvas editing of flowed text is now possible. Just click in any flowed text object with text tool and type - the text will reflow automatically within its frame. Letterspacing and linespacing adjustments (but not manual kerns) work in flowed text as well.
* The Unflow Text command (Alt+Shift+W) converts a flowed text into a single-line regular text object, cutting its link to its frame.
* Another command, Convert to Text, also converts flowed text to a regular text object, but does this preserving appearance (i.e. all lines are kept where they were). The resulting object does not reflow anymore but it is still editable. It is recommended to use this command if you have flowed text in a document but want it to be viewable in SVG 1.1 renderers.
On Saturday 18 Jun 2005 11:10, bulia byak wrote:
- Inkscape now features a complete support for flowed text:
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Sounds excellent :)
On Sat, 2005-06-18 at 07:10 -0300, bulia byak wrote:
Inkscape now features a complete support for flowed text:
o Creation of flowed text is simple. Just drag anywhere oncanvas (except over an existing text object) using the Text tool to create a rectangular frame. After you release mouse, the frame is created and you can type text into it.
cool!!!
o Resizing a frame is as simple as dragging the handle inthe bottom right corner to change its width or height. Drag with Ctrl to restrict resizing to horizontal or vertical. Such resizing can be done by Text tool, Node tool, or any shape tool; however, only Text tool also highlights the frame border when a flowed text is selected.
Well, first of all, I think that the frame should show with all tools, secondly I'd prefer the selection tool to transform the shape the text is flowed in and thirdly I've filed bug #1223132 because there is a reproducible crash.
o Transforming a flowed text is straightforward. It isselected as a single object including both the frame and the text, and can be moved, scaled, rotated etc.
This is what feels kinda strange.... it should be rotatable etc... just behave like a rectangle.
Further more:
The text and font dialogue should only show the selected part of the text!
Also: a big thanx for the ctrl+a to select all the text and not all the objects, when you have a text marked. What would be great would be double click to select a word and triple click for the whole line. Is this down the road with pangoification?
Thanx again... even though not yet perfect imho, I really, really like the new text tool!
David
On 6/18/05, David Christian Berg <david@...407...> wrote:
o Resizing a frame is as simple as dragging the handle inthe bottom right corner to change its width or height. Drag with Ctrl to restrict resizing to horizontal or vertical. Such resizing can be done by Text tool, Node tool, or any shape tool; however, only Text tool also highlights the frame border when a flowed text is selected.
Well, first of all, I think that the frame should show with all tools,
Perhaps, but it's a minor point while a major hassle from coding viewpoint.
secondly I'd prefer the selection tool to transform the shape the text is flowed in
It does. Just select and transform.
and thirdly I've filed bug #1223132 because there is a reproducible crash.
I can't reproduce this with _latest_ CVS. This bug was in CVS for a couple hours, but then I fixed it (several hours ago). Please make sure you have the latest CVS and report if you still have this crash.
o Transforming a flowed text is straightforward. It isselected as a single object including both the frame and the text, and can be moved, scaled, rotated etc.
This is what feels kinda strange.... it should be rotatable etc... just behave like a rectangle.
What is strange? It IS rotatable etc, just like a rectangle.
Further more:
The text and font dialogue should only show the selected part of the text!
Yeah, of course. In fact it's half-coded already. I just need to finish this.
Hmm, I assumed since I saw the text tool, that I already hat the latest CVS... I'll build a new version and see if my bitching still applies ;)
David
On Sat, 2005-06-18 at 15:45 -0300, bulia byak wrote:
On 6/18/05, David Christian Berg <david@...407...> wrote:
o Resizing a frame is as simple as dragging the handle inthe bottom right corner to change its width or height. Drag with Ctrl to restrict resizing to horizontal or vertical. Such resizing can be done by Text tool, Node tool, or any shape tool; however, only Text tool also highlights the frame border when a flowed text is selected.
Well, first of all, I think that the frame should show with all tools,
Perhaps, but it's a minor point while a major hassle from coding viewpoint.
True.
secondly I'd prefer the selection tool to transform the shape the text is flowed in
It does. Just select and transform.
it doesn't transform the shape but the text, like it wasn't a flowtext
and thirdly I've filed bug #1223132 because there is a reproducible crash.
I can't reproduce this with _latest_ CVS. This bug was in CVS for a couple hours, but then I fixed it (several hours ago). Please make sure you have the latest CVS and report if you still have this crash.
k, fixed, I closed the bug.
o Transforming a flowed text is straightforward. It isselected as a single object including both the frame and the text, and can be moved, scaled, rotated etc.
This is what feels kinda strange.... it should be rotatable etc... just behave like a rectangle.
What is strange? It IS rotatable etc, just like a rectangle.
Well, I'd want to transform the shape, not the text... it's strange that the rectangle is not rotated when using the texttool again.
Further more:
The text and font dialogue should only show the selected part of the text!
Yeah, of course. In fact it's half-coded already. I just need to finish this.
Cool!
On 6/18/05, David Christian Berg <david@...407...> wrote:
secondly I'd prefer the selection tool to transform the shape the text is flowed in
It does. Just select and transform.
it doesn't transform the shape but the text, like it wasn't a flowtext
It does transform the frame too, even if you don't see that. I.e. if you scale the text up 2x, the frame is also scaled.
This is what feels kinda strange.... it should be rotatable etc... just behave like a rectangle.
What is strange? It IS rotatable etc, just like a rectangle.
Well, I'd want to transform the shape, not the text... it's strange that the rectangle is not rotated when using the texttool again.
This is just the display. I used the simple frame highlight which can only show non-rotated. However the frame itself IS rotated; see how the text flows in it. The blue highlight just shows the _bounding box_ of the frame. I know this is less than perfect, but I think it's still good enough for most applications. Note that with a linked non-rect frame, it also shows the bbox around that frame, which makes sense.
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