Duplicating à la Illustrator
Dear Inkscapers,
As the tutorial says.... duplicating is one of the most common operations. In illustrator, I had the habit of doing the following which turned out to be quite useful: select something, then alt-drag it... it'll be duplicating.
Actually several other places with a duplication "modes" exist. For example all transformations have a "copy" checkbox...
That's particularly nifty when combined with Illustrator's "repeat last command". For example one can easily rotate by 45 degrees with copy, then request repeat-last-command 6 more times to get the objects spread around in all 8th of the circle... Making a horizontal sequence of strokes is another example.
How does it sound ?
paul
As the tutorial says.... duplicating is one of the most common operations. In illustrator, I had the habit of doing the following which turned out to be quite useful: select something, then alt-drag it... it'll be duplicating.
There are only 3 modifier keys (Ctrl, Shift, Alt). When dragging, all of them are now occupied with things that are directly related to dragging. We cannot spare one for an action which is strictly speaking unrelated to drag (copying). And anyway, I don't see how "alt+drag" is more convenient than "ctrl+d, drag" - it's just one keypress less.
Actually several other places with a duplication "modes" exist. For example all transformations have a "copy" checkbox...
That's particularly nifty when combined with Illustrator's "repeat last command". For example one can easily rotate by 45 degrees with copy, then request repeat-last-command 6 more times to get the objects spread around in all 8th of the circle... Making a horizontal sequence of strokes is another example.
That one is indeed very useful. I thought about that. Please search our list of RFEs and if you don't find it, submit a new one.
Le 4 nov. 04, à 16:48, bulia byak a écrit :
There are only 3 modifier keys (Ctrl, Shift, Alt). When dragging, all of them are now occupied with things that are directly related to dragging. We cannot spare one for an action which is strictly speaking unrelated to drag (copying). And anyway, I don't see how "alt+drag" is more convenient than "ctrl+d, drag" - it's just one keypress less.
Yes, but there's the relation to the "do-again". Can you summarize each (I think I know ctrl and shift).
[...] command". For example one can easily rotate by 45 degrees with copy, then request repeat-last-command 6 more times to get the objects spread around in all 8th of the circle... Making a horizontal sequence of strokes is another example.
That one is indeed very useful. I thought about that. Please search our list of RFEs and if you don't find it, submit a new one.
Careful, it makes only sense if you could actually previously duplicate!
paul
Yes, but there's the relation to the "do-again". Can you summarize each (I think I know ctrl and shift).
Alt is new in 0.40. See Select Under and Drag Selected in http://inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ReleaseNotes
[...] command". For example one can easily rotate by 45 degrees with copy, then request repeat-last-command 6 more times to get the objects spread around in all 8th of the circle... Making a horizontal sequence of strokes is another example.
That one is indeed very useful. I thought about that. Please search our list of RFEs and if you don't find it, submit a new one.
Careful, it makes only sense if you could actually previously duplicate!
If we add a "duplicate" checkbox to Transform dialog then this will be possible by repeatedly pressing the Apply button there, no need for a general "repeat last action" command (which I generally don't like because it will often give you surprises).
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 11:50:06 -0400, bulia byak <buliabyak@...155...> wrote:
In illustrator, I had the habit of doing the following which turned out to be quite useful: select something, then alt-drag it... it'll be duplicating.
Oh, and I forgot: you can press Space while dragging and it'll drop a copy.
The most important things get mentioned last. Right!? ;-)
Feels like stamping...
best Steffen
Oh, and I forgot: you can press Space while dragging and it'll drop a copy.
The most important things get mentioned last. Right!? ;-)
Feels like stamping...
Yes, it's called stamping, though I never use it - too imprecise for my tastes. In general, I rarely drag by mouse - keyboard for me is more convenient and precise. (And it drives me mad when I have to use Illustrator and it spews out copies when I forget where I am and try to alt+drag something.)
Tasty, delicious ! Except for the "redo a move up by the amount I did last"... this supernice! Really feels like "dropping"!
paul
Le 4 nov. 04, à 17:20, Steffen Glückselig a écrit :
Oh, and I forgot: you can press Space while dragging and it'll drop a copy.
The most important things get mentioned last. Right!? ;-)
Steffen Glückselig wrote:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 11:50:06 -0400, bulia byak <buliabyak@...155...> wrote:
In illustrator, I had the habit of doing the following which turned out to be quite useful: select something, then alt-drag it... it'll be duplicating.
Oh, and I forgot: you can press Space while dragging and it'll drop a copy.
The most important things get mentioned last. Right!? ;-)
Feels like stamping...
yes, it is. but not so precise.
best Steffen
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