On 1/28/07, Olivier Lefevre <lefevrol@...12...> wrote:
Thanks for the explanations. So if I create the rectangle and immediately switch to the select tool yes I get to see its properties and change them.
Actually you don't need to go to Selector to change most properties. Assigning color and changing opacity on selected object(s) works equally well in any tool.
It did not occur to me to try the selector because the object seemed to have disappeared as soon as I clicked elsewhere.
Clicking elsewhere deselects the object, which means it loses any artificial selection markers and becomes invisible. You could always reselect it back using lots of different selection methods (even if it is invisible).
In the status bar I would suggest not using F and S but spelling out Fill and Stroke in full: there is enough space for that
I thought about that too, although we don't really have that much space there (we need to make visible as much of the statusbar message as possible) but perhaps the gain in discoverability that we'll get by spelling out these labels is worth it.
to. Besides it seems weird for the stroke to be N/A: I can understand having no fill but how can an object have neither fill nor stroke yet still somehow exist?
Yes, this is allowed by SVG and we just obey the standard here.
As per your own message, shouldn't the stroke have been white or transparent and not N/A?
Per SVG, white stroke, zero opacity stroke, no stroke, and zero width stroke are all different specifications although they may look the same. And I think it's consistent.
Note that you can still make such an object visible and easy selectable by switching to Outline mode in View menu. In this mode, each object is shown by its outline, even if in fact it has no stroke or is fully transparent. You can also select any object by clicking on its outline (requires 0.45, as in 0.44 this mode was buggy).