Wishlist Item : Shift + Draw improvement

[ivan louette]

Hello !

As a designer I am a fan of the Shift + Draw feature which is so useful for example when using the Calligraphy tool.

As a svg filter effects designer and because objects groups management is promised to increase in importance in this area I would suggest an improvement to it.

At the moment if you select a path, press Shift and draw, when you release the Shift key the newly created path combines with the previously selected one.

What I would suggest is :

- if the selection is an object it would work like it does now, combining the paths ;

- if the selection is a group, then when you release the Shift key your new path (or any newly created object) is simply added to this selected group.

That could add a new functionality to this feature without changing anything in the UI !

kindly,
ivan

[ivan louette (ivan-louette)]

Merci pour le gentil coup de pouce à l'idée !!!

ivan

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De : JazzyNico <email address hidden>
À : <email address hidden>
Envoyé le : Vendredi, 13 Mars 2009, 23h17mn 23s
Objet : [Bug 316465] Re: Wishlist Item : Shift + Draw improvement

** Changed in: inkscape
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Tags added: keys

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Wishlist Item : Shift + Draw improvement
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/316465
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Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: New

Bug description:
Hello !

As a designer I am a fan of the Shift + Draw feature which is so useful for example when using the Calligraphy tool.

As a svg filter effects designer and because objects groups management is promised to increase in importance in this area I would suggest an improvement to it.

At the moment if you select a path, press Shift and draw, when you release the Shift key the newly created path combines with the previously selected one.

What I would suggest is :

- if the selection is an object it would work like it does now, combining the paths ;

- if the selection is a group, then when you release the Shift key your new path (or any newly created object) is simply added to this selected group.

That could add a new functionality to this feature without changing anything in the UI !

kindly,
ivan

[Pablo Trabajos (pajarico)]

> if the selection is a group, then when you release the Shift key your new path (or any newly created object) is simply added to this selected group.
It should be only allowed for drawing paths. Objects are affected by the SHIFT key already (the drawing starts at the center instead of corner).

[ivan louette (ivan-louette)]

Yes that's a limitation. But adding path or other objects not affected by Shift to a group which already contains Shift affected object should be allowed.

[timstring (timstring)]

Years ago, somewhere around System 4, Canvas when drawing or scaling an object with the shift key down would constrain the object to 90 or 45 degrees. So, if drawing a line with the shift key down, it would be 90, 45, or 0 degrees, etc. Other drawing packages I have used implement similar strategies. This is a really great help when trying to draw a straight line all the way across a 20" monitor.

tim