7:21 a.m.
On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 12:59 AM Steve Litt
<slitt(a)troubleshooters.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Be very careful, with any document containing gradients, when
> performing File=>Document Properties=>Resize.
>
> I had a rectangle with a radial gradient above a big rectangle and
> below a schematic diagram. The drawing, which had taken me about 8
> hours, was finished. All I needed to do was resize it and save. When
> I resized, the gradient disappeared and the rectangle was a solid
> color. I attempted to re-do the gradient, but this time it was too
> bright and ended too abruptly.
>
> I haven't decided how to deal with this yet, but I just wanted to
> advise you: Don't apply a gradient to anything until your drawing is
> the proper size, look frequently to make sure your gradient(s) remain
> the same, and if you have gradients, back up after every single save.
Somebody privately emailed me advising me to check the following box to
eliminate this symptom:
Edit>Preferences>Behavior>Transforms>Transform Gradients
This indeed cured the problem. I will be hammering this hard on my
Wednesday night presentation. I don't know why transforming gradients
isn't the default behavior --- after all, gradients are placed in
objects, and all objects can be transformed (moved). In the rare
instance when you don't want the gradient to follow the object, it's
easy enough to grab the handle(s) and move the gradient after the fact.
A little more about the symptom. I reproduced it just now, and the
problem isn't that the gradient handles disappear, but instead that
things re-center and the handles go offscreen. By zooming out I was
able to locate and move the gradient handles.
Thanks,
SteveT
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10:42 p.m.
New subject: Changing document size wipes out gradient [SOLVED]
Hi Steve,
Am 06.01.22 um 08:21 schrieb Steve Litt:
Somebody privately emailed me advising me to check the following box
to
eliminate this symptom:
Edit>Preferences>Behavior>Transforms>Transform Gradients
This indeed cured the problem. I will be hammering this hard on my
Wednesday night presentation. I don't know why transforming gradients
isn't the default behavior
- As far as I can see
(https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/blob/1.1.x/src/preferences-skeleto...),
it is the default behavior, you must have turned it off accidentally at
some point. There's also a button for it in the selection tool's tool
bar, maybe that's where you accidentally clicked.
Maren
--- after all, gradients are placed in
objects, and all objects can be transformed (moved). In the rare
instance when you don't want the gradient to follow the object, it's
easy enough to grab the handle(s) and move the gradient after the fact.
A little more about the symptom. I reproduced it just now, and the
problem isn't that the gradient handles disappear, but instead that
things re-center and the handles go offscreen. By zooming out I was
able to locate and move the gradient handles.
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt
Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful
Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
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12:54 a.m.
New subject: Changing document size wipes out gradient [SOLVED]
Maren Hachmann said on Thu, 6 Jan 2022 23:42:06 +0100
Hi Steve,
Am 06.01.22 um 08:21 schrieb Steve Litt:
> Somebody privately emailed me advising me to check the following box
> to eliminate this symptom:
>
> Edit>Preferences>Behavior>Transforms>Transform Gradients
>
> This indeed cured the problem. I will be hammering this hard on my
> Wednesday night presentation. I don't know why transforming gradients
> isn't the default behavior
- As far as I can see
(https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/blob/1.1.x/src/preferences-skeleto...),
it is the default behavior, you must have turned it off accidentally at
some point. There's also a button for it in the selection tool's tool
bar, maybe that's where you accidentally clicked.
Maren
Thanks Maren,
That's great news that it's the default.
Using Inkscape 1.1 I found nothing in the selection tool's toolbar whose
hover text said anything about whether the gradient transforms with the
rectangle or circle.
Somebody at last night's presentation said it would be great if this
preference could be put into a template. Do you think that's currently
possible?
The presentation went well, so I think today there are some new
Inkscape users.
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt
Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful
Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
1:28 a.m.
New subject: Changing document size wipes out gradient [SOLVED]
Am 07.01.22 um 01:54 schrieb Steve Litt:
Thanks Maren,
That's great news that it's the default.
Using Inkscape 1.1 I found nothing in the selection tool's toolbar whose
hover text said anything about whether the gradient transforms with the
rectangle or circle.
- See attached screenshot.
Somebody at last night's presentation said it would be great if
this
preference could be put into a template. Do you think that's currently
possible?
- The preference is user-specific currently, not document-specific.
While it's certainly possible to change that, a solid case would need to
be made as to why – in the rather rare case that one doesn't want
gradients to move along with the rest – this needs to be saved per document.
You could ask that person to lay down their reasoning in a bug report on
GitLab. If it makes sense to the UX team and to a wide range of users,
there is a possibility it is going to change (I don't see that
currently, but I also haven't seen the person's reasons).
Maren
The presentation went well, so I think today there are some new
Inkscape users.
Thanks,
SteveT
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Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
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