[scribus] Problems resizing boxes

[Jeffrey Silverman]

The problem is what I consider to be a bug, but it is more like the
thing just needs to be fine-tuned.

The "bug" as I see it is that the cursor chagnes to a "resize me"
cursor when you hover over the box handles on the corners, but really
you aren't precisely hovering over the resize handles, but the box
itself. You have to be very precise in putting the cursor *exactly*
over the middle of the resize handle.  I guess the bug could better be
described as "the resize handles are *drawn* larger than the size they
actually are as interpreted by the Scribus GUI". Something like that.

And yes, I notcie this problem; you are not alone. It is really just a
minor frustration though and I have long since learned to just adapt
to it.

Also, did you know? If you hold CTRL down while selecting a resize
handle, it won't grab the object above the one that is currently
selected. (Not a very good description).  I.e. if you ever have
trouble resizing a box because another box on top of it keeps getting
selected when you try to grab the resize handle, hold the CTRL key
down and you will not grab the upper object.

later...

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Claudio Shah <claudio.shah at gmx.de> wrote:
> Submitted on 09/16/2008 - 15:40
> Submitted by anonymous user: [141.80.168.58]
>
> Submitted values are
>
>  Your contact information:
>    Name: Claudio Shah
>    Email Address: claudio.shah at gmx.de
>  About your Scribus program:
>    Version: 1.3.3.12
>    Prebuilt/Compiled: Prebuilt
>    Build Date:
>  Your operating system and CPU:
>    Type: Linux
>    Version: Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04
>    CPU type: 32bit  Intel/AMD (i386)
>  Your request content:
>    Subject: Problems resizing boxes
>    Message:
> Dear Scribus team,
>
> I was using Scribus the first time for designing a DIN A0 Poster and it did
> work very well. Thank you for the great work!
> But I have one remark: If I try to resize a box (image or text) with the
> mouse, the box is sometimes moving instead getting smaller! It always seems
> to happen if I click slightly left of the resize square. The mouse pointer
> is still a double-arrow in this case.
>
> Would be very happy if this can be fixed and I get an answer to my mail.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Claudio
>
>
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Jeff Silverman
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