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| Christopher M. Rogers (cajhne) wrote Re: [Bug 1782024] Re: grid does not align to rulers | #2 |
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On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 3:05 PM grey tomorrow <email address hidden>
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> Hi - thanks for reporting this bug, I've manually migrated it to
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> Title:
> grid does not align to rulers
>
> Status in Inkscape:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> The rulers should always align to the grid if the grid is in the same
> units as the document (which it always should be by default unless the
> user changes it manually).
>
> But they don't... and also, there doesn't seem to be a way to fix it
> either.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1. Open a new document
> 2. View > Page Grid (turn on)
> 3. File > Document Properties > Grid
> 4. Change value to mm to match document
>
> Result: Nothing happens. The grid does not change to match the ruler
> unit markings.
>
> Proposed fix:
> 1. The default units for a new page grid should be the same units as the
> display units of the document.
> 2. This value can be changed by the user if other units are needed via
> File > Document Properties > Grids
>
> Recommendation: I recommend that the page grid always matches the
> ruler units. The rulers are a visual indication of where things are on
> the page, and having the grid be different units with different
> measurements than the ruler is confusing and unnecessary. There's no
> situation I can think of where it's not a mistake. :)
>
> What about multiple grid overlays you ask? That's easy - just keep the
> units of the ruler the same as the first grid by default. Then if the
> user really wants to do something awful like have multiple grids with
> different units on it, they can switch the display units in document
> properties to see their alternative grid measurements reflected in the
> ruler readout. This way, it will be apparent right way which grid the
> ruler is reading, because the marks will be aligned perfectly to
> whichever unit increments are showing.
>
> Inkscape 0.92.0+
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