[scribus] feedback needed: snap to items

[JLuc]

Le 30/03/2018 à 10:25, Bert Driehuis a écrit :
> My only concern would be how to let the users know about this feature.

In some apps, the possible modifiers (for the current action) are shown on the status bar
I once created a request for this : https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=10992

JL

> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:58 PM, ale rimoldi <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote:
> 
>> hi
>>
>> in scribus 1.5.4svn one can get an item to snap to other items.
>>
>> in some cases this is a very useful feature and can be
>> activated through the page menu.
>> on the other hand, personally, i haven't heard of anybody who keeps it
>> on all the time. (or even for longer periods of time.)
>>
>> i don't. and as a result, i tend to forget about it and only use the
>> align and distribute tool.
>>
>> today a user asked for the rulers to also snap to the items and
>> suggested to use the shift modifier for this.
>>
>> i liked the idea and we discussed that it should generally be possible
>> to snap to items by simply holding down the shift key.
>>
>> i've created a first patch for it:
>>
>> https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=15228
>>
>> while working on this, i was thinking more and more that this should
>> be THE way to activate the snapping among items.
>>
>> i started looking for workflows that are better served by
>> activating a long term "snap to items" mode but i could not find any.
>>
>> i've now opened a ticket asking for the shift modifier to replace the
>> current snap to items mode:
>>
>> https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=15230
>>
>> if you know about workflows that really would suffer from the removal
>> of this snapping mode, please present it here or in the bug tracker.
>>
>> of course: it is not about removing the snapping to items, but about
>> replacing a "fix" snapping mode, by an on-the-fly one.
>>
>> in the ticket with the patch
>> (https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=15228) you can see an animation,
>> showing how the snapping with the shift key will work.
>>
>> and for the one who wonders why it would be necessary to remove one of
>> them:
>>
>> - the code managing the snapping is rather complex and adding a new way
>>    to snap makes it even more complex. (and hard to maintain)
>> - the scribus UI is also very complex and every simplification is
>>    welcome!
>>
>> have fun
>> a.l.e
>>
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