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Romain2Boss: Add category Proposals

2012-03-31T10:48:31Z

Add category Proposals

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	* IDEA: When dragging an object currently in Inkscape pressing the spacebar will drop a copy in the current position. It would be great to do the same thing with guides as an easy way to create copies.		* IDEA: When dragging an object currently in Inkscape pressing the spacebar will drop a copy in the current position. It would be great to do the same thing with guides as an easy way to create copies.

			[[Category:Proposals]]

Pajarico: /* Rationale */

2011-01-25T12:57:49Z

Rationale

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	* This spec adds basic managing operations such as add, remove, copy, visible/invisible and lock/unlock for guides.		* This spec adds basic managing operations such as add, remove, copy, visible/invisible and lock/unlock for guides.
	** Lock /unlock lets the user specify if the guides should be selectable along the objects or not.		** Lock /unlock lets the user specify if the guides should be selectable along the objects or not.
	* It also deploys a complete UI framework for fitting the current types of guides (horizontal, vertical and angled) and adding other types of guides (see [https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape/+spec/composition-guides composition guides], or others to come).		* It also deploys a complete UI framework for fitting the current types of guides (horizontal, vertical and angled) and adding other types of guides (see [https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape/+spec/composition-guides composition guides], [https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/171586 perspective guides] or others to come).
	* This spec introduces the concept of a '''Guideset''' (or just '''Set'''). This is a bunch of guides that are grouped, having common managing options (copy, delete, visible/invisible, move and rotate).		* This spec introduces the concept of a '''Guideset''' (or just '''Set'''). This is a bunch of guides that are grouped, having common managing options (copy, delete, visible/invisible, move and rotate).
	** If the user selects a set, all of the guides inside it are edited homogeneously.		** If the user selects a set, all of the guides inside it are edited homogeneously.

Ciradrak: idea: spacebar to duplicate guides during a drag operation

2010-04-27T15:48:52Z

idea: spacebar to duplicate guides during a drag operation

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	* IDEA: Should guides be shapes on just another layer? The layer could be locked / unlocked the way other layers are currently being done. - Lawrence		* IDEA: Should guides be shapes on just another layer? The layer could be locked / unlocked the way other layers are currently being done. - Lawrence

			* IDEA: When dragging an object currently in Inkscape pressing the spacebar will drop a copy in the current position. It would be great to do the same thing with guides as an easy way to create copies.

Lawrence: /* Discussion */

2009-09-20T18:16:04Z

Discussion

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	* REMINDER: '''Lock/unlock''' feature requires guides '''to be selectable along the objects''' (which I don't think they are right now). This is aimed to future developers.		* REMINDER: '''Lock/unlock''' feature requires guides '''to be selectable along the objects''' (which I don't think they are right now). This is aimed to future developers.

			* IDEA: Currently if a double click is done at the intersection of a guide and a path (being node edited) the guide will get the double click (0.46, 0.47). This means a user cannot use the double click to add a node to a path at the intersection of a guide and a path. My work style, and the style of some others, is to use the guide to place nodes but the guide gets the higher priority. To me, I would rather see the guide getting a lower priority for the double click so the path being node edited will create a new node. If guides were locked would the double click be ignored by the guide and allow the path to add a node? - Lawrence

			* IDEA: Should guides be shapes on just another layer? The layer could be locked / unlocked the way other layers are currently being done. - Lawrence

Cilix: /* Summary */ Sorry, the last edit should have been done in another wiki page :-/

2008-05-21T13:59:00Z

Summary: Sorry, the last edit should have been done in another wiki page :-/

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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==

	This ~~wiki page accompanies the GSoC'08 project "Tech Drawing Abilities for Inkscape" by Maximilian Albert. It is meant to collect~~ of ~~ideas from the community regarding desired features~~ and ~~their implementation~~ (~~with no guarantee that any~~ of ~~them will be included in the project :~~)~~). Feel free to add your thoughts here~~.		This specs provides a comprehensive way of managing guides and guidesets (which are groups of guides).

	== Release Note ==		== Release Note ==

Cilix: /* Summary */

2008-05-21T13:36:22Z

Summary

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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==
	This ~~specs provides a comprehensive way~~ of ~~managing guides~~ and ~~guidesets~~ (~~which are groups~~ of ~~guides~~).
			This wiki page accompanies the GSoC'08 project "Tech Drawing Abilities for Inkscape" by Maximilian Albert. It is meant to collect of ideas from the community regarding desired features and their implementation (with no guarantee that any of them will be included in the project :)). Feel free to add your thoughts here.

	== Release Note ==		== Release Note ==

Pajarico: /* TODO */

2008-03-23T17:08:49Z

TODO

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	== TODO ==		== TODO ==
	* Detail how to use it: Sets like "text" and inside them guides like "text", "title1", "footnote", etc.

	== Discussion ==		== Discussion ==

Pajarico: /* Discussion */

2008-03-23T16:33:09Z

Discussion

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	* IDEA: Add '''snap''' option for every guide or every set, so the user is able to decide if snappable elements should snap to it or not.		* IDEA: Add '''snap''' option for every guide or every set, so the user is able to decide if snappable elements should snap to it or not.
	* IDEA: Add '''attach''' option so a guide or guideset can be attached to an object, so selecting and transforming the object automatically moves and transforms the guides.		* IDEA: Add '''attach''' option so a guide or guideset can be attached to an object, so selecting and transforming the object automatically moves and transforms the guides.

			* REMINDER: '''Lock/unlock''' feature requires guides '''to be selectable along the objects''' (which I don't think they are right now). This is aimed to future developers.

Pajarico: /* Usage */

2008-03-23T16:29:46Z

Usage

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	* '''How does lock/unlock work?''':		* '''How does lock/unlock work?''':
	** A ''locked guide'' can be moved and rotated on-canvas the same as an ''unlocked guide''. However, the ''un''locked one ~~will be~~ selectable along the objects with the selector tool (both dragging a square and touch selection), and moving and rotating the object ~~will do~~ the same to the guides.		** A ''locked guide'' can be moved and rotated on-canvas the same as an ''unlocked guide''. However, the ''un''locked one '''is selectable along the objects''' with the selector tool (both dragging a square and touch selection), '''and moving and rotating the object does the same for the guides'''.

	* '''Guidesets:'''		* '''Guidesets:'''
			** This is an usage example: imagine you are working on the design of a complex drawing such as a book cover or a product label, you will end with many elements on the page: text, vector figures, lines, bitmaps... and grids, lots of grids. Till now, the guides are hard hard to tell apart when there are a lot of them. However, is quite probably that you can break them into groups so you would have '''sets''' and '''guides''' such as:
			*** ''text guides''
			**** ''main title''
			**** ''subtitle''
			**** ''name of the author''
			*** ''barcode and copyright''
			**** ''barcode bound1''
			**** ''barcode bound2''
			**** ''barcode bound3''
			**** ''barcode bound4''
			**** ''copyright text''
			*** ''cover design''
			**** ''guide1''
			**** ''guideN''

			Thus, and using different colors, the layout of the grids should be clearer and more usable.

	=== SVG representation ===		=== SVG representation ===

Pajarico: /* On-canvas editing */

2008-03-23T15:46:37Z

On-canvas editing

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	=== On-canvas editing ===		=== On-canvas editing ===
	The guides can be edited on canvas with only mouse and some key modifiers. These modifiers try to mimic the current behavior when transforming objects.		The guides can be edited on canvas with only mouse and some key modifiers. These modifiers try to mimic the current behavior when transforming objects (the first three actions are already implemented).

	[[Image:Guide_editing_mockup.png]]		[[Image:Guide_editing_mockup.png]]