About the disappearing after some time: desktop->messageStack()->flash( Inkscape::WARNING_MESSAGE, "blah" ); That puts a message on the statusbar for a couple of seconds.

-Johan

-----Original Message----- From: inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Diederik van Lierop Sent: vrijdag 16 november 2007 18:05 To: Inkscape User Community Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Improved performance of the object snapper

bulia byak wrote:

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IMHO the key thing here is not just snapping to extensions of bbox, but _visualizing_ what it is that you snap to. In AI, it

flashes the

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snap line when it snaps. We need to add infrastructure that would enable such displays when snapping, then smart guides will be easy.

Absolutely! It's also needed for the post-snap visualization that was discussed a few months ago, in which something lights up for a second at the point that has snapped. What would be a good starting point in the code to find out how such a thing would be drawn to the canvas? Do you already have passive elements like that, not allowing user interaction and disappearing after some time?

Diederik

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