Guides handling

[Msdobrescu]

Hello,

It is useful to handle the guides in order to be
positioned using params on the toolbar - like shapes.
Selectable guides would be useful also, to make spacing
operations (like placing them at equal distance).

CorelDraw has it and I find this helpful a lot!

Greets,
Mike

[Horkana-users (horkana-users)]

can you provide screenshots and documentation on how Corel
draw behaves? more information would help a developer
interested in improving this feature

[Bug Importer (bug-importer)]

Hi!

I don't intend to have a Corel Draw.
The desired behavior is this:

1. Add editable coordinates to a guide line. The guides are
on X or Y axis, so having a positioning box for X or Y
(like rectangles in inkscape, for instance), but - of course
- no H or W, would help to position the guides more precise.
So, one coordinate edit box per guide makes sense.

2. Spacing guides. This feature should work selecting
vertical or horizontal guides (more guides once, on X ro Y
axis) and giving the command to space them evenly, i.e.
keeping first and last guide position (first = the guide
with the minimum X/Y value, last = the guide with the
maximum X/Y value) and place the intermediary guides (on
X/Y) at equal distance between them, distance calculated
including the first and last guides (taken as reference).

For example, having vertical guides like this:

a b c d e
| | | | |

should become:
a b c d e
| | | | |

3. A nice feature would be to get the printable margins and
to add guides based on the printeble area boundings.

This feature should introduce the guide selection - now
inkscape supports dragging them or removing by dragging to
the rulers.

That's it. Is this clear enough?
Please write if you need additional information.

Best Regards,
Mike