On Thursday 07 April 2005 22:41, bulia byak wrote:

On Apr 7, 2005 4:48 PM, Craig Bradney <cbradney@...242...> wrote:

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Basepoint = Top left, bottom right, centre etc of what would be the bounding box of an object.

So we just need to make the centerpoint snap to these points (and to grid and guides too). I was always going to do that.

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A) Its not convenient to move the rotation center for every single object you pick up

Why would you need a uniform location for more than one object at once? Can you give a usage scenario?

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B) The rotation centre is not obvious in all modes

It's visible in those modes which it affects.

Yes, I see now that the rotation value doesnt seem to be shown anywhere after rotation is done, which is why it may not apply to Inkscape (/SVG) in this instance. Or have I missed where this is stored too? :)

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C) Is there a way to accurately set the rotation centre to the TL, TR, BL, BR and C of the bounding box?

Yes, once snapping is done.

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Perhaps I've missed an easy way to say, eg, set a frame 100 units from the right of a page, or from another object.

Ah, you mean you want the X/Y values in the selector controls to be switchable to different corners of bbox? That might make sense, with a small grid of toggle buttons to choose one of the corners or mid-sides or the center.

Yes.. thats basically it. In Scribus it is also used for the rotation centre.

Craig