On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 14:30 -0300, bulia byak wrote:
On 9/7/05, Jakub Steiner <jimmac@...446...> wrote:
Is there any pattern to using shift+D instead of Ctrl+D? Ctrl+D is already used in the object context, so it would have been more discoverable/consistent if it was used in the node context as well, don't you think? Or do you have a use case where you need to be duplicating object when node editing?
Yes, I think being able to duplicate the object while node-editing is very useful. For example when you have a bunch of paths that share end nodes but are different in the middle. You draw the first one, Ctrl+D, drag the middle away, Ctrl+D, drag the middle away, etc.
Hi Bulia, I consider consistency a bit more important. The case you describe doesn't make it too obscure to simply change tools in the process ('S'<>'N') and have Ctrl+D do a duplicate depending on the context.
It is similar to using the same shortcuts to copy/paste text or images in a word processor.
cheers