Dragging Multiple Objects On A Grid Can Mess Up Alignment
Bug #414783 reported by
bcwhite
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Inkscape |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Diederik van Lierop |
Bug Description
Inkscape 0.46 (awesome program -- kudos!)
Dragging a single object around snaps to the grid. Great. However, when multiple items are selected, it selects some object/node and keeps that snapped to the grid. If that node was not previously aligned, it will now become so and everything that was aligned will become offset.
I suggest that, if more than one object is selected, then the movement be restricted to increments of the grid size rather that snapping a particular node to the grid. This method will ensure that aligned nodes will remain aligned when moved together with unaligned nodes.
-- Brian
tags: | added: grids snapping |
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There is a work around in the upcoming v0.47 for this: go to the preferences -> snapping and select "snap only the node closest to the mousepointer". Now grab the selection near the point which you want to snap, and only that point will snap! So, you might want to test our prerelease and see if you like it.
Otherwise your request is valid, but I'm not sure how to implement this properly from a usability perspective. Changing the behavior based upon the size of the selection will be confusing. For this we should use a modifier key, but I think all are occupied in the selector tool. Maybe we should have a toggle button for this on the snap toolbar (new in v0.47)? Or use the "G" key for this? Maybe someone has a better idea?