Colors in Gradient editor should be re-arrangeable

Bug #1117965 reported by Hunter Peress
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Bug Description

In gradient editor, you can only "Add a step" However, I want to add a color at a place of my choosing.

The logical feature to add is the ability to move the colors to any place in the gradient.

Tags: gradient ui
su_v (suv-lp)
tags: added: gradient ui
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su_v (suv-lp) wrote :

> In gradient editor, you can only "Add a step" However, I want to add a
> color at a place of my choosing.

This is already possible: both in the (deprecated) gradient editor as well as when editing gradients directly on-canvas with the gradient tool, new gradient stops can be inserted anywhere along the gradient path, and existing stops can be moved (dragged) freely between the two adjacent gradient stops:
<http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Attributes-Fill-Stroke.html#Attributes-Gradients-Define-Editor>
<http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Attributes-Fill-Stroke.html#Attributes-Gradients-Define-Onscreen>

Proposing to close as 'Invalid (seems more a question about usage than an actually missing feature).

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su_v (suv-lp) wrote :

On second thought, after rereading the report again, maybe I misinterpreted the request as detailed in the description?

The summary line seems to be more precise:
“Colors in Gradient editor should be re-arrangeable” (currently, the order of the stops themselves cannot be changed)
whereas the description of the report requests
“However, I want to add a color at a place of my choosing.” (already possibly)

IIUC the actual request is to drop the existing limitation as described in the manual:
 « Note: You cannot move a Stop past an adjacent Stop. »
altogether, to allow users to rearrange the order of existing gradient stops freely, and has nothing to do with how new stops are inserted into existing gradients?

Changed in inkscape:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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