-----Forwarded Message----- From: Carl Hetherington <lists@...169...> To: Lauris Kaplinski <lauris@...39...> Cc: sodipodi-list@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Sodipodi-list] Visual cue for multiple selections Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:40:23 +0000

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Lauris Kaplinski wrote:

Hello!

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It may be clear for 2-4 items, but may become visual hodgepodge if you have, say 20 items. As far as I remember, CorelDraw painted tiny anchor dot for each object selected. This may be alternative approach - there even is no need to choose either one, if we can make these configurable.

OK. Seeing the bounding boxes of a large selection never really bothered me, but I can see how it would be bad in some circumstances.

In order to demonstrate the idea, I've submitted a patch to the sf.net patch tracker which puts red bounding boxes around selected items. It's a diff against current CVS.

I'd be interested in any thoughts. I think the immediate to-do list is: 1. make it optional. 2. decide how to choose a colour for the item bounding boxes. 3. make it more efficient.

I'd be pleased to hear any comments or thoughts.

Cheers

Carl

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