Wish list

[Nicolas Michel]

I think Dia needs some improvments to be up-to-date ... :
- use the printing system of the desktop (gnome, kde, ...) but not lpr like it is actually (not user-friendly at all)
- add a bind key on : space + right click let pressed and movment of the mouse to move the grid. This binding exists in almost every graphic program, from photoshop to inkscape, gimp, ... I don't like having to click of the "move" icon in the menu (Alt+s) to do that action.
- the zoom on the document should be slowier (not zoom from 100% to 141% in one movement of the scroll wheel of the mouse or one CTRL + '+')
- there must be a 'fit to document' button on the bottom of the editing window to adapt zoom and center the view
- we should be able to draw a "document space". I'll explain. In dia, there is a grid. Blue lines are the limit of the document size we choosed. If we want to use more than one page, we should be able to choose it. Or mayby this feature could be done automatically. Actually, the problem is : if I draw accidentally a line on to 2 pages but wanted to draw only on one page, I sometimes see it only when printing, not before.

[Nicolas Michel (nicolas-michel)]

About the bind key, this is space + left click + movement (not right click).

[Nicolas Michel (nicolas-michel)]

I continue the wish list :
- have the possibility to configure more precise cursors. Actually, I have a white hand. The center is not exactly the center of the hand, neither the bottom or the top ... Something like in photoshop in which we can choose target-like cursors.
- have the possibility to create profiled objects (I think of line styles for the different shapes) and add them in the tools menu. In fact, something like an "instance" of an object (with size et properties configured).
- have the possibility to have a blank background on text shapes (not transparent) and/or be able to change the opacity
- have a short ruler to adapt the zoom in addition of the list of predefined zoom percentages

mmhm the last one is probably a troll subject? Add better nice-looking library of pictures? ;)

[Ken Sharp (kennybobs)]

I'm pretty sure each new item should have it's own Wishlist "bug"

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Nicolas Michel, sorry we don't do "catch-all" reports here on Lauchpad. As well, in general filing wishlist requests would need to originate upstream as Ubuntu isn't going to deviate from any upstream unless there is overwhelming cause to do otherwise, which is not present in this report.