Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
Actually, Shift+# for grid and Shift +| fro guides, which is pretty clear from View menu :)
Perfectly clear. These toggle the *display* of the grid and guides, which is what I expected. My query regarded snapping, which I've sorted out. Several UI factors were combining to throw me off.
1. Grid/guide display and snap distance settings are document-level prefs, which is expected. Snap toggling is also a document pref. That's unusual. It takes five clicks to toggle snapping and return to work.
2. Initial snap distance is so fine (0.4000px) that the snapping action is imperceptible, which gives the impression it's not working.
3. The significance of '.4' is cryptic and adds to confusion.
Once I substantially increased the snap distance and could see the snaps working, it all made sense. Frankly, '0.4000' is so small and mysterious that it creates doubt as to what 'snap distance' really means. Turns out it's exactly what one expects (snap gravity), it's just set so low that **it effectively turns snapping off**.
Superfine snapping is good for finish work at high magnification, but most of us start-out by *sketching* at 100%. I think the out-of-box snap distance should be higher, so that toggling snaps on provides some initial feedback. And '.4' should go. It doesn't mean anything, but seems to.
Anyhow, wonderful product. I'll be using it plenty, and would be happy to contribute some documentation work when I'm more familiar.
Thanks.
LQ